Expedient Synthesis and Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization of Pyridinonorbornenes. Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • Pyridine-containing polymers are promising materials for a variety of applications from the capture of contaminants to the self-assembly of block copolymers. However, the innate Lewis basicity of the pyridine motif often hampers living polymerization catalyzed by transition-metal complexes. Herein, we report the expedient synthesis of pyridinonorbornene monomers via a [4+2] cycloaddition between 2,3-pyridynes and cyclopentadiene. Well-controlled ring-opening metathesis polymerization was enabled by careful structural design of the monomer. Polypyridinonorbornenes exhibited high Tg and Td, a promising feature for high-temperature applications. Investigation of the polymerization kinetics and of the reactivity of the chain ends shed light on the influence of nitrogen coordination on the chain-growth mechanism.

published proceedings

  • Polym Chem

author list (cited authors)

  • Hancock, S. N., Yuntawattana, N., Valdez, S. M., & Michaudel, Q.

complete list of authors

  • Hancock, Sarah N||Yuntawattana, Nattawut||Valdez, Sara M||Michaudel, Quentin

publication date

  • October 2022