Alkoxy Bipyridine Ligands for ATRP of Styrene and Methyl Methacrylate

摘要

Since the first report in the last decade, atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) has been drawn flourishing interests from researchers due to its possibilities in wide applications.1"11 One of the advantages in ATRP process, compared to other controlled free radical polymerization techniques, is its diversity in applying to various systems. Since the process is composed of many components, such as metal, ligand, halide, initiator, and temperature, those parameters should be optimized for the controlled polymerization of a certain monomer. In other words, if the parameters are optimized properly, it might be possible to polymerize any monomer in controlled way.