title: Diversified applications of chemically modified 1,2-polybutadiene.
abstract: Commercially available 1,2-PB was transformed into a well-defined reactive intermediate by quantitative bromination. The brominated polymer was used as a polyfunctional macroinitiator for the cationic ring-opening polymerization of 2-ethyl-2-oxazoline to yield a water-soluble brush polymer. Nucleophilic substitution of bromide by 1-methyl imidazole resulted in the formation of polyelectrolyte copolymers consisting of mixed units of imidazolium, bromo, and double bond. These copolymers, which were soluble in water without forming aggregates, were used as stabilizers in the heterophase polymerization of styrene and were also studied for their ionic conducting properties.
authors.affiliation: Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Department of Colloid Chemistry, Potsdam, Germany. jiayin.yuan@mpikg.mpg.de
authors.forename: Jiayin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.forename: Niels
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: ten Brummelhuis
authors.forename: Mathias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Junginger
authors.forename: Zailai
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Taubert
authors.forename: Helmut
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Schlaad
mesh_terms: D002070:Butadienes / Q000737:chemistry*; D020724:Elastomers / Q000737:chemistry*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D058105:Polymerization; D011108:Polymers / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D002070:Butadienes; D020724:Elastomers; D011108:Polymers; C028834:polybutadiene