Copper complex polymeric architectures

This chapter will serve to highlight recent advances in polymer science that have been aided by the use of click chemistry. The copper(l)-catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloaddition (CuAAC) and thiol-ene reactions will be discussed first, after which the utilization of these chemical transformations in the construction and fimction-ahzation of a multitude of different polymeric materials will be outlined. Particular attention will be focused on the preparation of highly complex polymer architectures, such as dendrimers and star polymers, which exempHfy the essential role that chck chemistry has assumed in the polymer science community. 

Abstract During the past decade, atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) has had a tremendous impact on the synthesis of macromolecules with well-defined compositions, architectures, and functionalities. Structural features of copper and copper(II) complexes with bidentate, tridentate, tetradentate, and multidentate nitrogen-based ligands commonly utilized in ATRP are reviewed and discussed. Additionally, recent advances in mechanistic understanding of copper-mediated ATRP are outlined. 

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