Xiulin Zhu*a(朱秀林)
a Suzhou Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Design and Precision Synthesis, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Design and Application, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou Industrial Park, Suzhou 215123, China
b Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr., La Jolla, USA
c State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
Polym. Chem. 2015, 6, 2879-2891
Modular and precise construction of topological polymers with structural complexity is a prerequisite to understand the structure-property relationships of functional non-linear macromolecules. In this article, several examples of well-defined topological polymers are prepared by using two kinds of functionalized cyclic polymeric precursors via different high-efficient thiol-related chemistries. Firstly, multifunctional atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) initiators bearing alkyne and disulfide groups were elaborately prepared. Well-defined thiol-containing monocyclic and fused-bicyclic polymers via ATRP and Cu-catalyzed azide–alkyne cycloaddition (CuAAC) ring closure were then synthesized. Finally, by the utilization of thiol-containing monocyclic or fused-dicyclic polymers as building blocks, several kinds of macromolecules with tadpole-, spiro-shaped, fused-dicyclic tadpole and other topologies were successfully constructed via a modular mode. This study expands the scope of available macrocycle-based topological polymers and facilitates further diverse development of even more complex non-linear macromolecules via modular synthetic methodology.
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