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Article << Previous     |     Next >>   Contents Vol 62(11)

Synergistic Interaction Between ATRP and RAFT: Taking the Best of Each World*

Yungwan Kwak A, Renaud Nicolaÿ A, Krzysztof Matyjaszewski A B

A Center for Macromolecular Engineering, Department of Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University, 4400 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
B Corresponding author. Email: km3b@andrew.cmu.edu
 
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Abstract

This review covers recent developments on the combination of atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) and reversible addition–fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization to produce well controlled (co)polymers. This review discusses the relative reactivity of the R group in ATRP and RAFT, provides a comparison of dithiocarbamate (DC), trithiocarbonate (TTC), dithioester (DTE), and xanthate versus bromine or chlorine, and an optimization of catalyst/ligand selection. The level of control in iniferter polymerization with DC was greatly improved by the addition of a copper complex. New TTC inifers with bromopropionate and bromoisobutyrate groups have been prepared to conduct, concurrently or sequentially, ATRP from Br-end groups, ATRP from the TTC moiety, and RAFT polymerization from the TTC moiety, depending on the combination of monomer and catalyst employed in the reaction. The use of concurrent ATRP/RAFT (or copper-catalyzed RAFT polymerization or ATRP with dithioester leaving groups), resulted in improved control over the synthesis of homo- and block (co)polymers and allowed preparation of well-defined high-molecular-weight polymers exceeding 1 million. Block copolymers that could not be prepared previously have been synthesized by sequential ATRP and RAFT polymerization using a bromoxanthate inifer. A simple, versatile, and one-step method involving atom-transfer radical addition–fragmentation (ATRAF) for the preparation of various chain transfer agents (including DC, DTE, and xanthate) in high purity is discussed and a one-pot, two-step polymerization starting with a RAFT agent synthesized by ATRAF, followed by polymerization, is demonstrated.


* Dedicated to Professor Ezio Rizzardo on the occasion of his 65th birthday.
   
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