A mild, efficient and catalyst-free thermoreversible ligation system based on dithiooxalates

Kai Pahnke, Naomi L. Haworth, Josef Brandt, Uwe Paulmann, Christian Richter, Friedrich G. Schmidt, Albena Lederer*, Michelle L. Coote, Christopher Barner-Kowollik

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    Abstract

    We demonstrate a novel and ready to prepare thermoreversible hetero Diels-Alder dilinker on the basis of dithiooxalates, enabling the mild, rapid and catalyst-free linkage of diverse diene species under ambient conditions for applications in the fields of, for example, modular ligation, self-healing or recyclable materials and surface modification amongst others. The linker was studied using quantum chemical calculations, and experimentally in small molecular reactions via UV/Vis spectroscopy, mass spectrometry and NMR as well as in step-growth polymerizations with diene-difunctional building blocks-characterized via (temperature dependent) SEC and HT NMR-as an example for efficient polymer ligation.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)3244-3250
    Number of pages7
    JournalPolymer Chemistry
    Volume7
    Issue number19
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 21 May 2016

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