The LEGO toolbox: Supramolecular building blocks by nitroxide-mediated controlled radical polymerization

A terpyridine-functionalized alkoxyamine unimolecular initiator was used for the nitroxide-mediated controlled living radical polymerization of n-butylacrylate, N,N-dimethylacrylamide, 4-vinylpyridine, 2-vinylpyridine, and isoprene. For the former three monomers, the kinetics were studied. All polymerizations resulted in well-defined polymers having a single terpyridine ligand at the chain end and narrow polydispersity indices. The obtained polymers are valuable building blocks for metallo-supramolecular polymers. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 43: 6331-6344, 200