Dithiobenzoate

Cycloadditions of benzonitril-4-nitrobenzylide to a variety of carbon to heteroatom multiple bonds including methyl dithiobenzoate and dimethyl trithiocarbonate (Scheme 148), X = MeS or Ph, have been examined in detail by Huisgen et al. (757). 

The base-catalyzed reaction of thiothreitol with methyl dithiobenzoate selectively protects a thiol group as an 5-thiobenzoyl derivative in the presence of a hydroxyl group.-... 

Tile preparation of beiizo-l,2-dithiete (264) had been claimed by oxidation of 1,2-benzenedithiol (25JIC318). However, later work has shown that the reaction product was probably a polymeric mixture (61JOC4782). Subsequently, compound 265 was irradiated to give a mixture of CO, sulfur, and dithiin and thiophene derivatives, which could, at least in part, be explained by the formation of 266 (72JHC707). Results of the thermolysis of 267 were also rationalized in terms of the intermediacy of o-dithiobenzo-quinone (the tautomer of 264) (78JOC2084). 

Various bidentate ligands like dithiocarbamate afford monomeric square planar complexes specific examples are Pt(S2CNEt2)2 and Pt(Se2CNBu)2 (confirmed by X-ray). A similar structure is found for the dithiobenzoate Pd(S2CPh)2 one form of the dithioacetate is dimeric, a second form is a mixture of monomers and dimers. 

Early reports focused on the dithiobenzoale RAFT agents (Z=Ph e.g. 171-180, Table 9.10).3S2 410 Cumyl dithiobenzoate (175) shows utility with S and (meth)acrylic monomers.38 However, retardation is an issue with the acrylates... 

The Chemistry of Radical Polymerization Table 9.10 Tertiary Dithiobenzoate RAFT Agents... 

Retardation has also been observed in polymerizations of S and methacrylates and is pronounced when high concentrations of dithiobenzoate RAFT agent are... 

There have been no comprehensive studies of the effect of temperature on the course of RAFT polymerization. Temperatures reported for RAFT polymerization range from ambient to 140 °C. There is evidence with dithiobenzoates that at higher temperatures there is less retardation and also data that suggest narrower... 

Much has been written on RAFT polymerization under emulsion and miniemulsion conditions. Most work has focused on S polymerization,409-520 521 although polymerizations of BA,461 522 methacrylates382-409 and VAc471-472 have also been reported. The first communication on RAFT polymerization briefly mentioned the successful semi-batch emulsion polymerization of BMA with cumyl dithiobenzoate (175) to provide a polymer with a narrow molecular weight distribution.382 Additional examples and discussion of some of the important factors for successful use of RAFT polymerization in emulsion and miniemulsion were provided in a subsequent paper.409 Much research has shown that the success in RAFT emulsion polymerization depends strongly on the choice of RAFT agent and polymerization conditions.214-409-520027... 

RAFT of MMA with benzyl dithiobenzoate provides very poor control394 yet copolymerization of S with MMA with this RAFT agent provides low dispersities with as little as 5% S in the monomer feed. 

Low molecular weight or polymeric ATRP initiators have been converted to dithiobenzoate RAFT agents by reaction with phcnylcthyl dithiobenzoate RAFT agent441,655 or by reaction with bis(thiobenzoyl) disulfides under ATRP conditions.483 It is likely that ATRP initiators can be transformed to other forms of RAFT agent by similar methods. 

Dithiobenzoic acid metal complexes, 2, 646 colours, 2, 646 Dithiobiuret metal complexes, 2, 640 Dithiocarbamates chelating resins mineral processing, 6,826 Dithiocarbamic acid metal complexes, 2,585 amine exchange, 1,428 photographic emulsions, 6,98 nickel poisoning, 6,768 tellurium(Il) complexes photothermography, 6,121 Dithiocarbazic acid metal complexes, 2,803 Dithiocarbimic acid metal complexes, 2,588 Dithiocarbimic acid, cyano-metal complexes, 2,808 Dithiocarboxylic acids metal complexes, 2,646 Dithiodiacetic acid metal complexes, 2, 806 Dithiodiketones... 

Both o- and p- substituted bis(methylthio)arylmethylium salts, derived by the 5-methylation of substituted dithiobenzoates, dimerise following deprotonation to give 1,4-dithianes. Only with the former isomer is the quinone methide generated leading to a cyclooctene derivative <96LA1159>. 

RAFT polymerization of two anionic acrylamido monomers sodium 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropane-sulfonate, AMPS, and sodium 3-acrylamido-3-methyl-butanoate, AMBA, (Scheme 29) was conducted in water at 70 °C using 4,4/-azobis(4-cyanopentanoic acid) as the initiator and 4-cyanopentanoic acid dithiobenzoate as the RAFT chain transfer agent [80]. The synthesis was initiated either from one monomer or the other leading to narrow molecular weight distributions in both cases (Mw/Mn < 1.2). 

Water soluble block copolymers consisting of N-isopropylacrylamidc, NIPA, and the zwitterionic monomer 3-[N-(3-methacrylamidopropyl)-N,N-dimethyl]ammoniopropane sulfonate, SPP, were prepared via the RAFT process [82] (Scheme 31). NIPA was polymerized first using AIBN as the initiator and benzyl dithiobenzoate as the chain transfer agent. To avoid the problem of incomplete end group functionalization the polymerization yield was kept very low (less than 30%). The block copolymerization was then performed... 

By utilizing a combination of RAFT and cationic ROP, the synthesis of [poly(methyl methacrylate)][poly(l,3-dioxepane)][polystyrene] miktoarm star terpolymers was achieved [182], The approach involved the synthesis of PS functionalized with a dithiobenzoate group by RAFT polymerization and subsequent reaction with hydroxyethylene cinnamate (Scheme 98). The newly created hydroxyl group was then used for the cationic ring opening polymerization of 1,3-dioxepane (DOP). The remaining dithiobenzoate group was used for the RAFT polymerization of methyl methacrylate. 

Using a SAM of an asymmetric azo compounds Baum and Brittain [327] homo-and block copolymerized styrene, MMA and N,N -dimethylacrylamide under RAFT conditions in the presence of 2-phenylprop-2-yl dithiobenzoate as the chain... 

To make further use of the azo-initiator, tethered diblock copolymers were prepared using reversible addition fragmentation transfer (RAFT) polymerization. Baum and co-workers [51] were able to make PS diblock copolymer brushes with either PMMA or poly(dimethylacrylamide) (PDMA) from a surface immobihzed azo-initiator in the presence of 2-phenylprop-2-yl dithiobenzoate as a chain transfer agent (Scheme 3). The properties of the diblock copolymer brushes produced can be seen in Table 1. The addition of a free initiator, 2,2 -azobisisobutyronitrile (AIBN), was required in order to obtain a controlled polymerization and resulted in the formation of free polymer chains in solution. 

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