title: A General Approach to Sequence-Controlled Polymers Using Macrocyclic Ring Opening Metathesis Polymerization.
abstract: A new and general strategy for the synthesis of sequence-defined polymers is described that employs relay metathesis to promote the ring opening polymerization of unstrained macrocyclic structures. Central to this approach is the development of a small molecule "polymerization trigger" which when coupled with a diverse range of sequence-defined units allows for the controlled, directional synthesis of sequence controlled polymers.
authors.affiliation: †Materials Department, Materials Research Laboratory, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States.
authors.forename: Will R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Gutekunst
authors.affiliation: †Materials Department, Materials Research Laboratory, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States.|‡Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States.
authors.forename: Craig J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Hawker
mesh_terms: D000478:Alkylation; D002384:Catalysis; D047028:Macrocyclic Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D058105:Polymerization; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry*; D012439:Saccharin / Q000737:chemistry; D013549:Sweetening Agents / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D047028:Macrocyclic Compounds; D011108:Polymers; D013549:Sweetening Agents; D012439:Saccharin