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Regiospecific Side-Chain Functionalization of Linear Low-Density Polyethylene with Polar Groups†

  1. Chulsung Bae Prof.1,3,
  2. John F. Hartwig Prof.1,
  3. Hoyong Chung3,
  4. Nicole K. Harris2,
  5. Karen A. Switek2,
  6. Marc A. Hillmyer Prof.2

Article first published online: 7 SEP 2005

DOI: 10.1002/anie.200501837

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Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Volume 44, Issue 39, pages 6410–6413, October 7, 2005

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Bae, C., Hartwig, J. F., Chung, H., Harris, N. K., Switek, K. A. and Hillmyer, M. A. (2005), Regiospecific Side-Chain Functionalization of Linear Low-Density Polyethylene with Polar Groups. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 44: 6410–6413. doi: 10.1002/anie.200501837

Author Information

  1. 1

    Department of Chemistry, Yale University, P.O. Box 208107, New Haven, CT 06520-8107, USA, Fax: (+1) 203-432-6144

  2. 2

    Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota, 207 Pleasant Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455-0431, USA, Fax: (+1) 612-624-7029

  3. 3

    Department of Chemistry, University of Nevada Las Vegas, 4505 Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4003, USA

  1. †

    We thank the National Science Foundation (CHE-0301907) and Frontier Scientific Co. for a gift of B2pin2. C.B. thanks the UNLV Office of Research and Graduate Studies for support through the New Investigator Award, and Professor Byron L. Bennett for use of laboratory instrumentation.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 30 SEP 2005
  2. Article first published online: 7 SEP 2005
  3. Manuscript Received: 26 MAY 2005

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Keywords:

  • boron;
  • C[BOND]H activation;
  • homogeneous catalysis;
  • polymers;
  • rhodium
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The tail end: The Rh-catalyzed selective functionalization of commercial linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE) with boron reagents is demonstrated. Subsequent oxidation and transformations of the boron-containing polymer yields materials that contain a variety of polar functionalities, such as hydroxy, amino, and formyl groups, at the termini of the side chains (see scheme).

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