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SUBMITTER: Allen MJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2784692 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Allen Matthew J MJ Wangkanont Kittikhun K Raines Ronald T RT Kiessling Laura L LL
Macromolecules 20090601 12
A new strategy is presented for the synthesis of graft copolymers using only the ring-opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP). From a ROMP-derived main chain, pendant maleimide functional groups are converted into norbornene moieties via a Diels-Alder reaction with cyclopentadiene. The norbornene groups serve as sites of initiation, and subsequent ROMP from the main chain yields graft copolymers with both main and side chains derived from ROMP. This strategy offers ready access to defined graft ...[more]