RAFT/MADIX copolymerization of vinyl acetate and 5, 6??benzo??2??methylene??1, 3??dioxepane

GG d'Ayala, M Malinconico, P Laurienzo…

Index: D'Ayala, Giovanna Gomez; Malinconico, Mario; Laurienzo, Paola; Tardy, Antoine; Guillaneuf, Yohann; Lansalot, Muriel; D'Agosto, Franck; Charleux, Bernadette Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry, 2014 , vol. 52, # 1 p. 104 - 111

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Abstract

ABSTRACT The synthesis of well-defined degradable poly (vinyl acetate) analogues is achieved by RAFT copolymerization of 5, 6-benzo-2-methylene-1, 3-dioxepane (BMDO) and vinyl acetate (VAc) using methyl (ethoxycarbonothioyl) sulfanyl acetate (MEA) as controlling agent. Several monomer mixtures with low BMDO contents (< 30 mol%) are employed to prepare different copolymers. In all the cases, the evolution of molar masses and the ...