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Polyethylene Building Blocks by Catalyzed Chain Growth and Efficient End Functionalization Strategies, Including Click Chemistry

  1. Rémi Briquel1,
  2. Jérôme Mazzolini1,
  3. Tristana Le Bris1,
  4. Olivier Boyron1,
  5. Fernande Boisson Dr.2,
  6. Frédéric Delolme3,
  7. Franck D'Agosto Dr.1,
  8. Christophe Boisson Dr.1,
  9. Roger Spitz Dr.1

Article first published online: 29 OCT 2008

DOI: 10.1002/anie.200804445

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Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Volume 47, Issue 48, pages 9311–9313, November 17, 2008

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Briquel, R., Mazzolini, J., Le Bris, T., Boyron, O., Boisson, F., Delolme, F., D'Agosto, F., Boisson, C. and Spitz, R. (2008), Polyethylene Building Blocks by Catalyzed Chain Growth and Efficient End Functionalization Strategies, Including Click Chemistry. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 47: 9311–9313. doi: 10.1002/anie.200804445

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  1. 1

    Université de Lyon, Univ. Lyon 1, CPE Lyon, CNRS UMR, 5265 Laboratoire de Chimie Catalyse Polymères et Procédés (C2P2), LCPP team Bat 308F, 43 Bd du 11 novembre 1918, 69616 Villeurbanne (France), Fax: (+33) 4-72-43-17-70 http://www.lcpp-cpe.com

  2. 2

    Service de RMN du Réseau des Polyméristes Lyonnais, CNRS UMR 5223 (France)

  3. 3

    CNRS USR 59 SCA, Echangeur de Solaize, Chemin du canal 69360 Solaize (France)

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 12 NOV 2008
  2. Article first published online: 29 OCT 2008
  3. Manuscript Received: 9 SEP 2008

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Keywords:

  • catalysis;
  • click chemistry;
  • macromonomers;
  • polymers;
  • RAFT polymerization
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A means to an end: Polyethylene chains obtained by catalyzed chain growth on magnesium and exhibiting molar masses up to 5000 g mol−1 have been end-functionalized in high yield with iodide, azide, and amine reactive end groups (see scheme). The functionalized polyethylenes can be used to generate a range of reactive polyolefins; for example, the azide-functionalized chain can undergo “click” reactions to afford macromonomers.

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