title: Rapid UV light-triggered macromolecular click conjugations via the use of o-quinodimethanes.
abstract: Shining a light on click chemistry: The use of UV-radiation as trigger signal provides a facile means to obtain spatial and temporal control over polymer conjugation reactions in addition to providing a further means of achieving orthogonality in click transformations. In the current contribution, UV-radiation was employed to induce a highly efficient Diels-Alder conjugation of polymeric building blocks via the photo-induced in situ formation of highly reactive cis-dienes from a 2-methylbenzophenone precursor.
authors.affiliation: Preparative Macromolecular Chemistry, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Engesserstr. 18, 76128 Karlsruhe, Germany.
authors.forename: Till
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gruendling
authors.forename: Kim K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Oehlenschlaeger
authors.forename: Elena
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Frick
authors.forename: Mathias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Glassner
authors.forename: Christina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schmid
authors.forename: Christopher
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Barner-Kowollik
mesh_terms: D001577:Benzophenones / Q000737:chemistry*; D057930:Click Chemistry; D046911:Macromolecular Substances / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D008970:Molecular Weight; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000737:chemistry; D055668:Photochemical Processes; D058105:Polymerization; D011108:Polymers / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D021241:Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization; D013696:Temperature; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays
chemical_list: D001577:Benzophenones; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D011108:Polymers