title: Combining spontaneous polymerization and click reactions for the synthesis of polymer brushes: a "grafting onto" approach.
abstract: Two novel benzofulvene monomers bearing propargyl or allyl groups have been synthesized by means of readily accessible reactions, and were found to polymerize spontaneously by solvent removal, in the apparent absence of catalysts or initiators, to give the corresponding polybenzofulvene derivatives bearing clickable propargyl or allyl moieties. The clickable propargyl and allyl groups were exploited in appropriate click reactions to develop a powerful and versatile "grafting onto" synthetic methodology for obtaining tailored polymer brushes.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento Farmaco Chimico Tecnologico and European Research Centre for Drug Discovery and Development, Università degli Studi di Siena, Via A. Moro, 53100 Siena, Italy. andrea.cappelli@unisi.it
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cappelli
authors.forename: Giorgio
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Grisci
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Paolino
authors.forename: Federica
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Castriconi
authors.forename: Germano
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Giuliani
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Donati
authors.forename: Stefania
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lamponi
authors.forename: Raniero
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mendichi
authors.forename: Antonella Caterina
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Boccia
authors.forename: Filippo
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Samperi
authors.forename: Salvatore
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Battiato
authors.forename: Eugenio
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Paccagnini
authors.forename: Mariangela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gentile
authors.forename: Mariano
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Licciardi
authors.forename: Gaetano
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Giammona
authors.forename: Salvatore
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vomero
mesh_terms: D002384:Catalysis; D057930:Click Chemistry; D003517:Cyclopentanes / Q000737:chemistry*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D058105:Polymerization; D011108:Polymers / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D012997:Solvents / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D003517:Cyclopentanes; D011108:Polymers; D012997:Solvents; C017332:fulvene
keywords: click reactions; molecular recognition; photografting; polymers; spontaneous polymerization