Nitroxide-Mediated Controlled Radical Copolymerization of α-Trifluoromethylstyrenes with Styrenes.

ABSTRACT: Fluorinated polymers are important materials in everyday life; however, most monomers of widely used fluoropolymers are gaseous, and their polymerization is difficult in an ordinary laboratory. Therefore, partially fluorinated polymers have recently been reported. As an easy-to-handle fluorine-containing monomer, α-trifluoromethylstyrene (TFMST) can be used to produce partially fluorinated polymers with trifluoromethyl groups in the main chain; however, TFMST does not homopolymerize, and there are limited reports on its copolymerization with styrene (ST). In this study, we applied the controlled radical polymerization method, which is effective for the polymerization of ST, to the copolymerization of TFMST and ST. We also showed that nitroxide-mediated polymerization is effective. The cont

SUBMITTER: Kanbara T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10975655 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature