Advances in cycloaddition polymerizations

Goodall, G.W. and Hayes, W. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0047-2991 (2006) Advances in cycloaddition polymerizations. Chemical Society Reviews, 35 (3). pp. 280-312. ISSN 0306-0012 doi: 10.1039/b507209n

Abstract/Summary

Cycloaddition reactions have been employed in polymer synthesis since the mid-nineteen sixties. This critical review will highlight recent notable advances in this field. For example, [2 + 2] cycloaddition reactions have been utilized in numerous polymerizations to enable the construction of strained polymer systems such as poly(2-azetidinone)s that can, in turn, afford polyfunctional beta-amino acid derived polymers. Polymers have also been synthesized successfully via (3 + 2) cycloaddition methods utilizing both thermal and high-pressure conditions. 'Click chemistry'-a process involving the reaction of azides with olefins, has also been adopted to generate linear and hyperbranched polymer architectures in a very efficient manner. [4 + 2] Cycloadditions have also been utilized under thermal and high-pressure conditions to produce rigid polymers such as polyimides and polyphenylenes. These cycloaddition polymerization methods afford polymers with potential for use in high performance polymers applications such as high temperature resistant coatings and polymeric organic light emitting diodes.

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Divisions	Life Sciences > School of Chemistry, Food and Pharmacy > Department of Chemistry
Uncontrolled Keywords	DIELS-ALDER POLYMERIZATION, PI-CONJUGATED POLY(DITHIAFULVENE), OPENING, METATHESIS POLYMERIZATION, LIVING RADICAL POLYMERIZATION, SUBSTITUTED, MALEAMIC ACIDS, SEGMENTED BLOCK-COPOLYMERS, CRISS-CROSS-CYCLOADDITION, LINNETT ELECTRONIC THEORY, METHANOL FUEL-CELLS, 1,3-DIPOLAR, CYCLOADDITION
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