Abstract

The behavior of benzyl bromide functionalized poly(phenyleneethynylene)s as macroinitiators in the atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) of methyl methacrylate (MMA) was investigated. The 1H NMR observation of the ATRP using the exclusively para‐linked poly(phenyleneethynylene) macroinitiator PPE1A, and the low molecular weight initiator R‐BzBr, respectively, revealed lower reactivity for the macroinitiator. Comparison of graft copolymers, which were obtained from ATRP of MMA with PPE1A and the partially meta‐linked poly(phenyleneethynylene) PPE1B, showed higher reactivity in the case of PPE1B, expressed by a larger degree of polymerization in the PMMA side chains, as well as higher initiatior efficiency. This might be caused by better solubility of the less symmetric PPE1B. Investigation of the graft copolymers PPE2A and PPE2B was carried out by means of 1H NMR spectroscopy, gel permeation chromatography (GPC) as well as UV/vis spectroscopy. Impairment of the delocalized π‐electron system of the conjugated polymers during the ATRP was not detectable.

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