2-Oxepanone, 7-methyl-

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CAS: 2549-59-9
MF: C7H12O2
MW: 128.16898
Synonyms: 2-Oxepanone, 7-methyl-

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Hong-Bing Ji

Sun Yat-Sen University
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ZhiWang Yang

Northwest Normal University
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HengChang Ma

Northwest Normal University
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Shannon S. Stahl

University of Wisconsin—Madison
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Xinhua Peng

Nanjing University of Science and Technology
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Michael P. Shaver

University of Edinburgh
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Andrew P. Dove

University of Warwick
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Co-reporter: James A. Wilson, Sally A. Hopkins, Peter M. Wright, and Andrew P. Dove
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Publication Date(Web):September 17, 2015
DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.5b00862
We report the one-pot copolymerization of ω-pentadecalactone (PDL) to produce tri- and diblock-like copolymers with the ability to undergo postpolymerization modification. The ε-substituted ε-lactone (εSL), menthide (MI), was copolymerized with PDL to introduce side chain functionality into poly(ω-pentadecalactone) (PPDL) copolymers. The copolymerization was followed by quantitative 13C NMR spectroscopy, which revealed that the polymerization of MI occurred before the incorporation of PDL into the polymer chain to form a block-like copolymer. Transesterification side reactions were not found to occur interblock, although intrablock transesterification side reactions occurred only within the PPDL section. The same effect was demonstrated across a range of relative molar equivalents of monomers, and the generality of the approach was further demonstrated with the copolymerization of PDL with other εSL monomers. Finally, the copolymerization of PDL with an alkene-functionalized εSL was shown to produce one-pot PDL block-like copolymers that could undergo postpolymerization modification by thiol–ene addition to produce block copolymers with a range of characteristics in a simple procedure.

Harry Heaney

Loughborough University
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E.M. Meijer

Technische Hogeschool Eindhoven
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E. W. Meijer

Eindhoven University of Technology
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