Vinyl Ether Polymerization

We have recently realized ring expansion cationic polymerization of vinyl ethers by using a hemiacetal ester embedded cyclic initiator that is easily synthesized.

Vinyl ether polymerization.

Vinyl ethers undergo radical initiated copolymerization in the presence of specific monomers such as maleates fumarates and acrylics. Provided is a method for the polymerization of vinyl ethers catalyzed by complexes of a lithium salt and a polyether. In order to overcome the challenge of direct radical polymerization of vinyl ethers commercial hydroxy functional vinyl ethers such as 2 hydroxyethyl vinyl ether heve were subjected to free radical polymerization generating vinyl polymers without polyacetals obtained by self polyaddition polymerization. Teator and leibfarth report a general protocol to polymerize a variety of such vinyl ethers isotactically see the perspective by foster and o reilly.

Herein the unique polymerization is reviewed along with the history of ring expansion polymerization. This article is part of the themed collection. They rely on a chiral phosphoric acid in. Vinyl ethers undergo homopolymerization via a cationic mechanism.

A preferred complex is a complex of lithium tetrafluoroborate and a glyme. A combination of a metal free photocatalyst a chain transfer agent and light irradiation enables the synthesis of various poly vinyl ether s with good control over molecular weight and dispersity as well as excellent chain end fidelity. Isospecific polymerization and recognition of chiral side chains titanium complexes of α α α α tetraaryl 1 3 dioxolane 4 5 dimethanol taddol derived from naturally abundant tartaric acid were demonstrated to function as highly effective. In the presence of diaryliodonium or triarylsulfonium photoinitiators the cationic polymerization occurs rapidly upon uv exposure and continues to proceed upon storage in the dark.

Stereoselective cationic polymerization of vinyl ethers by easily and finely tunable titanium complexes prepared from tartrate derived diols. The photoinitiated polymerization of vinyl ether ve based coatings has been studied by real time infrared rtir spectroscopy. This polymerization proceeds under mild conditions. 1 the first systematic investigations of vinyl ether polymerization began in 1928 at i g.