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    Metal-Free “Click” Chemistry: Efficient Polymer Modification via 1,3-Dipolar Cycloaddition of Nitrile Oxides and Alkynes


    Singh, Ishwar, Zarafshani, Zoya, Lutz, Jean-François and Heaney, Frances (2009) Metal-Free “Click” Chemistry: Efficient Polymer Modification via 1,3-Dipolar Cycloaddition of Nitrile Oxides and Alkynes. Macromolecules, 42 (15). pp. 5411-5413. ISSN 0024-9297

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    Abstract

    Polymer chemistry, probably more than any other chemical discipline, relies on highly efficient organic reactions.1 Indeed, typical macromolecular reactions such as polymer growth (i.e., chain- or step-growth), polymer modification (i.e side-chains or chain-ends) and chain-chain coupling (i.e., block copolymer synthesis, bioconjugation) generally require high-yield and highly specific chemical reactions.2 In that context, it comes as no surprise thatmodular reactions of the “click”-type3 have recently been gaining popularity in polymer science. For instance, more than 300 articles, describing the relevance of copper-catalyzed azide/alkyne cycloadditions (CuAAC) in polymer synthesis, have been published within the last five years.4 These archetypal “click” reactions open multiple possibilities in terms of macromolecular engineering.
    Item Type: Article
    Keywords: Metal-Free; “Click” Chemistry; Polymer Modification; 1,3-Dipolar Cycloaddition; Nitrile Oxides; ;Alkynes;
    Academic Unit: Faculty of Science and Engineering > Chemistry
    Item ID: 7966
    Identification Number: 10.1021/ma9013912
    Depositing User: Dr. Frances Heaney
    Date Deposited: 24 Feb 2017 16:32
    Journal or Publication Title: Macromolecules
    Publisher: American Chemical Society
    Refereed: Yes
    Funders: German Research Foundation, Science Foundation Ireland (SFI)
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    URI: https://mu.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/7966
    Use Licence: This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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