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SUBMITTER: Fleischmann C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5605782 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of polymer science. Part A, Polymer chemistry 20170210 9
A straightforward and efficient synthetic method that transforms poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) into value-added materials is presented. Specifically, PMMA is modified by transesterification to produce a variety of functional copolymers from a single starting material. Key to the reaction is the use of lithium alkoxides, prepared by treatment of primary alcohols with LDA, to displace the methyl esters. Under optimized conditions, up to 65% functionalization was achieved and copolymers containi ...[more]