Abstract
A novel hyperbranched azo-polymer was prepared by a ruthenium-based catalyst RuCl2(PCy3)(SIMes)(CHPh) using acyclic diene metathesis (ADMET) polymerization of an AB2 monomer, 4-undecylenyloxycarbonyl- 40-[bis(2-ethyl acrylate)amino]azobenzene, which was synthesized from the esterification reaction between N,N-bis(2-ethyl acrylate)aniline and 4-carboxy-40-[bis(2-ethyl acrylate)amino] azobenzene. The monomer and polymer were characterized by mass spectrometer, elemental analysis, IR, UV-vis, and NMR measurements. The produced polymers have molecular weights within 5.83 and 23.5 kDa, and their polydispersity indices range from 1.73 to 1.86 by multiangle laser light scattering-gel permeation chromatography (MALLS-GPC). The hyperbranched azo-polymer underwent efficient photoisomerization from trans to cis as observation in UV-vis spectroscopy. The degree of branching (DB) was determined by using 1H NMR spectroscopy and the values ranged from 0.57 to 0.45.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 5036-5042 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Macromolecules |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue number | 14 |
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| State | Published - 28 Jul 2009 |