Formamide monomers and polymers synthesized therefrom
AssigneeWisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
InventorsPadma Gopalan, Balamurugan Ayyakkalai, Ri Chen
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Abstract
Formamide group-containing monomers and polymers made by polymerizing the monomers are provided. Also provided are methods of polymerizing the monomers and methods of synthesizing functionalized polymers by pre- and/or post-polymerization functionalization. The monomers are non-toxic and can generate highly reactive isocyanate and isonitrile precursors in a one-pot synthesis that enables the incorporation of complex functionalities into the side-chain of the polymers that are synthesized from the monomers.
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A monomer having the structure:
- where n is in the range from 1 to 10.
A monomer having the structure:
- where n is in the range from 1 to 10.
A monomer comprising a formamide functionality attached to a polymerizable norbornene group, wherein the polymerizable norbornene group is functionalized with an aryl-formamide group.
A method of forming a polymer, the method comprising polymerizing monomers having the structure:
- where n is in the range from 1 to 10, and, optionally, one or more additional monomers to form a polymer having a backbone chain and formamide pendant groups extending from the backbone chain.
The method of 10, wherein the formamide pendant groups are converted into isonitrile groups after the polymerization of the monomers, and further wherein the conversion of the formamide groups and the transformation of the isonitrile groups are carried out in a multicomponent reaction.
A method of forming a polymer, the method comprising polymerizing monomers having the structure:
- where n is in the range from 1 to 10, and, optionally, one or more additional monomers to form a polymer having a backbone chain and formamide pendant groups extending from the backbone chain.
A method of forming a polymer, the method comprising polymerizing monomers comprising a formamide functionality attached to a polymerizable norbornene group, wherein the polymerizable norbornene group is functionalized with an aryl-formamide group, and, optionally, one or more additional monomers to form a polymer having a backbone chain and formamide pendant groups extending from the backbone chain.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.