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Synthesis of Polystyrene-b-Poly(ethylene oxide)-b-Polylactide Copolymers via Sequential Anionic and Ring-Opening Polymerizations  

Song, Jie (Department of Chemistry, Institute of Nanosensor and Biotechnoloty, and Center for Photofunctional Energy Materials, Dankook University)
Cho, Byoung-Ki (Department of Chemistry, Institute of Nanosensor and Biotechnoloty, and Center for Photofunctional Energy Materials, Dankook University)
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Polymer(Korea) / v.33, no.5, 2009 , pp. 458-462 More about this Journal
Abstract
We have synthesized ABC linear triblock copolymers, i.e., polystyrene-b-poly(ethylene oxide)-b-polylactide, via sequential anionic and ring-opening polymerizations. In the first anionic polymerization step, styrene was polymerized in cyclohexane using sec-butyllithium as the initiator. Poly (styryl) lithium was hydroxylated by the addition of ethylene oxide, and the subsequent protonation with methanolic HCl. In the second anionic polymerization step, potassium naphthalenide was used to deprotonate the hydroxyl group of the PS to generate the macroinitiator of PS-$O^-K^+$. Polymerization of ethylene oxide was performed in THF and terminated with methanolic HCl. In the ring-opening polymerization step, the PS-b-PEO-$AlEt_2$ macroinitiator was prepared from an $AlEt_3$/pyridine system in THF, and the polymerization of lactide was performed at $90^{\circ}C$. The resulting block copolymers showed well-defined molecular weights and narrow molecular weight distributions as revealed by $^1H$- NMR spectroscopy and gel permeation chromatography (GPC).
Keywords
triblock copolymer; anionic polymerization; ring-opening polymerization;
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