Intermolecular radical addition of alkoxyamines onto olefins: An easy access to advanced macromolecular architectures precursors |
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Authors: | Pierre-Emmanuel Dufils Thomas Trimaille Sylvain RA Marque Denis Bertin Paul Tordo |
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Affiliation: | UMR 6517, CNRS et Universités Aix-Marseille I, II et III, Avenue Escadrille Normandie-Niemen, Case 542, 13397 Marseille Cedex 20, France |
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Abstract: | Novel “second generation” alkoxyamines, derived from N-(2-methylpropyl)-N-(1-diethylphosphono-2,2-dimethylpropyl)-N-oxyl (so-called SG1) as initiators for nitroxide-mediated polymerization (NMP) were synthesized by intermolecular radical 1,2-addition (IRA) of a high dissociation rate constant alkoxyamine (BlocBuilder®, also called MAMA-SG1) onto various activated olefins, such as n-butyl acrylate, acrylic acid, dimethylacrylamide, 2-hydroxyethylacrylate and styrene. The potential of this radical addition was further applied to the synthesis of multifunctional alkoxyamines as precursors for complex macromolecular architectures, namely 3- and 4-arm star polymers. For this, tri- and tetra-acrylates were synthesized by reaction of acryloyl chloride with the 1,1,1-tris(hydroxymethyl)ethane and pentaerythritol, respectively, in the presence of triethylamine. The addition of MAMA-SG1 onto these olefins led to the tri- and tetra-functional SG1-based alkoxyamines which were further used to prepare polystyrene stars of controlled molecular weights and polydispersity values not exceeding 2. The individual arms were recovered by hydrolysis of the ester groups of the star core originating from the alkoxyamine initiator under basic conditions. The decreasing molecular weight determined by GPC during hydrolysis demonstrated the star architecture of the polymers. |
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Keywords: | Intermolecular radical addition Nitroxide-mediated polymerization Star polymers |
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