title: Macromol. Rapid commun. 15/2014.
abstract: Back Cover: An efficient polycondensation route for telechelic poly(disulfide)s is developed from two monomers-2,2'-dithiodipyridine and 1,6-hexanedithiol-using stoichiometric imbalance between them. Selective thiol-disulfide exchange of the two terminal pyridyl disulfide groups with functional thiol produces functionalized poly(disulfide)s that can be used as a macro-initiator to initiate ROP of lactide generating a triblock copolymer with degradable middle block. Further details can be found in the article by D. Basak, R. Kumar, and S. Ghosh* on page 1340.
authors.affiliation: Polymer Science Unit, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, 2A & 2B Raja S. C. Mullick Road, Kolkata, 700032, India.
authors.forename: Dipankar
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Basak
authors.forename: Rajan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: Suhrit
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ghosh
mesh_terms: D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D011108:Polymers
keywords: block copolymer; condensation reaction; poly(disulfide)s; ring-opening polymerization; stoichiometric imbalance