Introduction of Stilbene Derivatives and Cinnamate Ester Derivatives at the ω-End Groups of Poly(Methyl Methacrylate) Prepared via RAFT Polymerization

Martyn Dobinson; Philip Hodge; Trevor Wear

doi:10.3390/polym12112449

Introduction of Stilbene Derivatives and Cinnamate Ester Derivatives at the ω-End Groups of Poly(Methyl Methacrylate) Prepared via RAFT Polymerization

Polymers (Basel). 2020 Oct 23;12(11):2449. doi: 10.3390/polym12112449.

Authors

Martyn Dobinson¹, Philip Hodge¹, Trevor Wear²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, UK.
² Kodak European Research, 332 Cambridge Science Park, Milton Road, Cambridge CB4 0WN, UK.

Abstract

The capping of "living" poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) and "living" polystyrene (PS), both prepared by the RAFT technique, with various olefins was screened using ¹⁹F-NMR spectroscopy. The capping of "living" PMMA with a labeled stilbene was as high as 63% and with certain cinnamate esters was essentially quantitative, but the capping of "living" polystyrene with all the olefins investigated was generally poor.

Keywords: capping; cinnamate esters; stilbene derivatives; “living” poly(methyl methacrylate); “living” polystyrene.

Grants and funding

00000/Kodak European Research for financial support to MD