Stereoselective synthesis and polymerization of Exo‐5‐trimethylsilylnorbornene
10.1002/pola.29003 2018-04-10 Herein the stereoselective two‐step synthesis of pure exo‐5‐trimethylsilylnorbornene is reported. The monomer proved to be highly reactive in both metathesis and addition polymerization. ROMP polymerization was catalyzed by the first‐generation Grubbs catalys... |
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Energy transfer along a sequence controlled hybrid polymer
10.1002/pola.29002 2018-04-10 The present work provides an ideal model for intra‐chain energy transfer study in conjugated polymer through shielding the polymer backbone by using bulky polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes (POSS). POSS provides a circumference shielding of the polymer bac... |
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The amplified circularly polarized luminescence emission response of chiral 1,1′‐binaphthol‐based polymers via Zn(II)‐coordination fluorescence enhancement
10.1002/pola.29009 2018-04-10 Two kinds of chiral 1,1′‐binaphthol (BINOL)‐based polymer enantiomers were designed and synthesized by the polymerization of 5,5′‐((2,2′‐bis (octyloxy)‐[1,1′‐binaphthalene]‐3,3′‐diyl)bis(ethyne‐2,1‐diyl))bis(2‐hydroxybenzaldehyde) (M1) with alkyl diamine (M2)... |
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Vinyl/Vinylene functionalized highly branched polyethylene waxes obtained using electronically controlled cyclohexyl‐fused pyridinylimine‐nickel precatalysts
10.1002/pola.29008 2018-04-01 A series of 8‐(2,6‐dibenzhydryl‐4‐R‐phenylimino)‐5,6,7‐trihydroquinoline ligands have been prepared in which the nature of 4‐R substitutions vary from electron withdrawing to electron donating. The treatment with NiCl2.6H2O or (DME)NiBr2 afforded the correspo... |
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PET‐RAFT as a facile strategy for preparing functional lipid–polymer conjugates
10.1002/pola.29007 2018-04-01 From readily available starting materials, we report a facile synthesis of lipid–polymer conjugates (LPCs). Easy access to multigram quantities of a dialkyl lipid chain transfer agent allows a range of LPCs to be prepared bearing well‐defined hydrophilic poly... |
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Polyurethane elastomers based on amphiphilic poly(caprolactone)‐b‐poly(butadiene)‐b‐poly(caprolactone) triblockcopolyols
10.1002/pola.29001 2018-03-31 Hydroxyl‐terminated poly(butadiene) (HTPB; Mn = 2100 g mol−1) was capped with 30 and 60 wt % of ɛ‐caprolactone to reach amphiphilic triblock copolymers in form of capped poly(butadiene) CPB. The former (CPB30; Mn = 3300 g/mol) is amorphous with a glass temper... |
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Synthesis of telechelic anthraquinone‐functionalized polybutadiene via ROMP and study of its photo‐oxidation and UV crosslinking behaviors
10.1002/pola.29005 2018-03-31 Telechelic anthraquinone‐functionalized polybutadiene (AQ‐PB‐AQ) was synthesized by ring opening metathesis polymerization to achieve homogeneous dispersion of AQ groups in the polymer matrix. It was observed that the AQ end groups act as a sensitizing group ... |
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An emerging post‐polymerization modification technique: The promise of thiol‐para‐fluoro click reaction
10.1002/pola.29004 2018-03-31 Post‐polymerization modification (PPM) of polymers is extremely beneficial in terms of designing brand new synthetic pathways toward functional complex polymers. Fortunately, the new developments in the field of organic chemistry along with controlled/living ... |
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Poly‐(pentaerythritol adipate)‐co‐(poly ethylene glycol) Elastomers for the Sustained Release of Paclitaxel
10.1002/pola.28999 2018-03-25 Over the past 10 years poly‐(polyol alkanoate)s elastomers have intensively been investigated due to their extraordinary potential for soft tissue engineering applications. In this work, a family of novel hyperbranched elastomers based on pentaerythritol and ... |
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Synthesis and stereocomplexation of PMMA‐based star polymers prepared by a combination of stereospecific anionic polymerization and crosslinking radical polymerization
10.1002/pola.28995 2018-03-24 Novel star‐shaped polymers with various stereo‐regular arm polymers are synthesized by a combination of stereospecific living anionic polymerization and transition metal‐catalyzed radical linking polymerization, in which the terminal halogen mediates the tran... |