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Macromolecular Rapid Communications, Vol.30, No.2, 83-88, 2009
Design of Heterocomplementary H-Bonding RAFT Agents - Towards the Generation of Supramolecular Star Polymers
Supramolecular poly(vinyl acetate) PVAc 3-arms stars were successfully generated by Reversible Addition-Fragmentation chain Transfer (RAFT)-polymerized chains bearing hydrogen-bonding heterocomplementary associating units. Chain Transfer Agents (CTA) bearing thymine- and diaminopyridine-based units were first synthesized and proved to mediate efficiently the polymerization of VAc. The binding ability of the chains in solution was then demonstrated by H-1 NMR and GPC measurements, proving the formation of the supramolecular stars.
Keywords:hydrogen-bonding;poly(vinyl acetate);reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer;star polymers;supramolecular structures