Two novel azidofunctionalized chain transfer agents (CTAs) were
pre
pared and subsequentlyem
ployed to mediate the reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT)
polymerizations of styrene(Sty) and
N,
N-dimethylacrylamide (DMA) under a variety of conditions. Trithiocarbonate 2-dodecylsulfanylthiocarbonylsulfanyl-2-methyl-
pro
pionic acid 3-azido-
pro
pyl ester and dithioester 4-cyano-4-methyl-4-thiobenzoylsulfanyl-butyric acid 3-azido-
pro
pyl ester successfully mediated the
polymerizations of Sty and DMA. Both RAFT
polymerizations exhibited
pseudo-first-order kinetics and a linear
Mn de
pendence with conversion. The resultinghomo
polymers (
Mn = 4 - 22 × 10
3 g/mol and
Mw/
Mn 1.33) were demonstrated to have retained
end grou
pfunctionality, as evidenced by the successful formation of block co
polymers. The
pha.gif" BORDER=0>-azido terminal
polymers andthe azidofunctionalized CTAs were cou
pled with high efficiency by click chemistry to various alkynes (
pro
pargylacrylate,
pro
pargyl methacrylate, and
pro
pargyl alcohol) in the
presence of a Cu(I) catalyst, demonstrating theability to
pre
pare a range of functional telechelics and CTAs.