Synthesis of halogen‐free amino‐functionalized polymethyl methacrylate by atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP)
- 1 March 2004
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Macromolecular Symposia
- Vol. 210 (1) , 147-155
- https://doi.org/10.1002/masy.200450617
Abstract
In order to obtain amino‐terminated polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA‐NH2) free of halogen we used the atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) to polymerize methyl methacrylate (MMA) in presence of an initiator containing an alkyl bromide unit and a protected amine functional group. The use of CuBr / N,N,N′,N′′,N′′‐pentamethyldiethylenetriamine (PMDETA) as co‐catalyst system results in a polymer free of halogen due to hydrogen transfer from PMDETA to the growing polymer chain. However, side reactions occur affecting the typically “living” character of the ATRP. The measured molecular weights are consistently higher than the theoretical ones and the molecular weight distributions are relatively broad.Keywords
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