Design of Heterocomplementary H-Bonding RAFT Agents - Towards the Generation of Supramolecular Star Polymers

Julien Bernard; Frédéric Lortie; Bernard Fenet

doi:10.1002/marc.200800586

Design of Heterocomplementary H-Bonding RAFT Agents - Towards the Generation of Supramolecular Star Polymers

Macromol Rapid Commun. 2009 Jan 16;30(2):83-8. doi: 10.1002/marc.200800586. Epub 2008 Dec 16.

Authors

Julien Bernard¹, Frédéric Lortie, Bernard Fenet

Affiliation

¹ Université de Lyon, Lyon, F-69003, France; INSA de Lyon, IMP/LMM Laboratoire des Matériaux Macromoléculaires, Villeurbanne, F-69621, France; CNRS, UMR 5223, Ingénierie des Matériaux Polymères, Villeurbanne, F-69621, France. julien.bernard@insa-lyon.fr.

PMID: 21706579
DOI: 10.1002/marc.200800586

Abstract

Supramolecular poly(vinyl acetate) PVAc 3-arms stars were successfully generated by Reversible Addition-Fragmentation chain Transfer (RAFT)-polymerized chains bearing hydrogen-bonding heterocomplementary associating units. Chain Transfer Agents (CTA) bearing thymine- and diaminopyridine-based units were first synthesized and proved to mediate efficiently the polymerization of VAc. The binding ability of the chains in solution was then demonstrated by (1) H NMR and GPC measurements, proving the formation of the supramolecular stars.