Organotellurium compounds as novel initiators for controlled/living radical polymerizations. Synthesis of functionalized polystyrenes and end-group modifications.
Polymer-end mimetic organotellurium compounds initiate controlled/living radical polymerization of styrene derivatives that allows accurate molecular weight control with defined end-groups. Transformations of the end-groups via radical and ionic reactions provide a variety of end-group modified polystyrenes.
Yamago
Shigeru
S
Department of Synthetic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan.
Iida
Kazunori
K
Yoshida Ji
Jun-ichi
J