Sequence‐Controlled Polymers with Furan‐Protected Maleimide as a Latent Monomer

作     者：Yuxuan Ji Liuqiao Zhang Xue Gu Wei Zhang Nianchen Zhou Zhengbiao Zhang Xiulin Zhu 

作者机构：State and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Novel Functional Polymeric Materials Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Design and Application College of Chemistry Chemical Engineering and Materials Science Soochow University Suzhou 215123 China 

出 版 物：《Angewandte Chemie》 (应用化学)

年 卷 期：2017年第129卷第9期

页      面：2368-2373页

学科分类：081704[工学-应用化学] 08[工学] 0817[工学-化学工程与技术] 

主　　题：Cycloadditionen Polymerisationen Radikale Reaktionskinetik Synthesemethoden 

摘      要：Herein, a novel methodology for preparing sequence‐controlled polymers is illustrated by using a latent monomer, furan protected maleimide (FMI). At 110 °C, FMI is deprotected by retro Diels–Alder (rDA) reaction, and the released MI is immediately involved in the cross‐polymerization with styrene (St) to deliver heterosegments. At 40 °C the rDA reaction does not proceed, therefore homo‐poly(styrene) segments are produced. By implementing programmable temperature changes during polymerization of St and FMI, “living polymers with tailored a sequence are created. A ternary copolymerization produces complex sequences as designed. Alkynyl‐functionalized FMI, used as a latent monomer, leads to the desirable placement of functional groups along the polymer chain. This latent‐monomer‐based strategy opens a new avenue for fabricating sequence‐controlled polymers.