Macromolecular Rapid Communications, Vol.16, No.5, 387-391, 1995
BIFUNCTIONAL POLYTETRAHYDROFURAN INITIATOR FOR SEQUENTIAL PHOTOCHEMICAL AND THERMAL INITIATION
The polymerization of tetrahydrofuran was initiated with 4,4'-azobis(4-cyanovaleryl chloride) in conjunction with silver hexafluoroantimonate and the living polytetrahydrofuran (PTHF) was terminated with pyridinium N-oxide derivatives. The resulting PTHF-macroinitiator possesses both a thermally and photochemically labile group.