Easy access to amphiphilic nitrogenous block copolymers <i>via</i> switchable catalysis.

ABSTRACT: A key challenge in polymer synthesis is to develop new methods that enable block copolymers to be prepared from mixed monomer feedstock. The emerging switchable polymerization catalysis can generate block copolymers with well-defined structures and tunable properties from monomer mixtures. However, constrained by the reactivity of monomers and the incompatibility of different polymerization mechanisms, this method is usually confined to oxygenated monomers. In this work, the switchable polymerization was successfully applied to nitrogenous monomers for the first time, achieving the efficient copolymerization of N-substituted N-carboxyanhydrides (NNCAs) with epoxides and cyclic anhydrides. This leads to easy access towards amphiphilic nitrogenous copolymers, such as polyester-

SUBMITTER: Liang X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11499957 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature