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 language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 3244-3250 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Polymer Chemistry |
Volume | 7 |
Issue number | 19 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 21 May 2016 |