Site-transformation method

The synthesis of poly(MMA-fr-IB-fr-MMA) triblock copolymers has also been reported using the site-transformation method, where a,site-transformation technique provides a useful alternative for the synthesis of block copolymers consisting of two monomers that are polymerized only by two different mechanisms. In this method, the propagating active center is transformed to a different kind of active center and a second monomer is subsequently polymerized by a mechanism different from the preceding one. The key process in this method is the precocious control of a or co-end functionality, capable of initiating the second monomer. Recently a novel site-transformation reaction, the quantitative metalation of DPE-capped PIB carrying methoxy or olefin functional groups, has been reported [90]. This method has been successfully employed in the synthesis of poly(IB-fr-fBMA) diblock and poly (MMA-fc-IB-fo-MMA) triblock copolymers [91]. 

Several pathways have been explored for their synthesis sequential addition of monomers to an initiator solution, reaction between co-functional polymers and more recently site transformation techniques. Each of these methods has advantages and drawbacks. 

The combination of living cationic and anionic techniques provides a unique approach to block copolymers not available by a single method. Site transformation and coupling of two homopolymers are convenient and efficient ways to prepare well-defined block copolymers. 

Many polymerization techniques have been combined with CRP through site transformation of the active species. These include non-living techniques like condensation (or step) and conventional free radical processes or living methods like anionic, cationic, and ring-opening polymerizations, as well as others. Early examples were undertaken perhaps just to show that two different techniques could be combined, while later examples show how elegant the combinations have become and provide a foundation for controlled synthesis of materials from any type of monomers. These types of reactions are detailed below. 

Among the controlled/living free radical polymerizations, ATRP is the most widely used method for anion-to-radical transformation. By using the site transformation techni-... 

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