Reversible addition-fragmentation glycopolymers

With the development of controlled radical polymerization techniques like nitroxide-mediated radical polymerization (NMRP), atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP), and reversible addition fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization (see Section 3.2), the field of linear glycopolymers has significantly flourished, especially as control of molar mass and monomer sequence has become available, even for functionalized monomers. This enables incorporation of new and more complex glycomonomers as well as allows controlled dispersity, end group functionality, and monomer sequences in block, star-shaped, and graft copolymers, and eventually... [Pg.205]

More recently, the controlled radical polymerization (CRP) by various methods including atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP), reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization, and nitroxide-mediated polymerization (NMP), as well as cyano q l-mediated free radical polymerization have allowed chemists to synthesize well-defined glycopolymers that, in some cases, have particular end-group functionalities. A review focuses on the synthesis of original glycopolymers by these techniques and their applications. ... [Pg.299]