T. Kwon, Koji Takagi, H. Kunisada
Jul 1, 2003
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European Polymer Journal
Abstract
Abstract 1,2,4,5-Tetrakis(p-tert-butylphenylselenomethyl)benzene was synthesized and used as a tetrafunctional photoiniferter for the polymerization of styrene. Both the yield and the number average molecular weight ( M n ) of polymers increased with reaction time and M n linearly increased with yield of polymer. The polymerization of styrene using this novel photoiniferter permitted formation of star-shaped polystyrene containing arylseleno groups at the chain ends, and the average degree of functionality was 3.2. Photopolymerization of styrene with end-functional star polystyrene as polymeric photoiniferter afforded polystyrene having high molecular weight.