Abstract
In this contribution, we report a convenient expression of average number of cyclic structures (ANC) and cyclic-average molecular weight (MC) to quantificationally describe the topological defect of intramolecular cyclization in highly branched polymers synthesized via A2 + Bn (n ≥ 3) stepwise polymerization strategy by a combination of nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometry (NMR) and size exclusion chromatography (SEC). The ANC and MC depend on the number ratio of dendritic, linear, terminal units and number-average molecular weight of hyperbranched polymers, which can be derived from NMR and SEC, respectively. The analysis of hyperbranched polycarbosilanes with silicon hydrogen bonds (A) or vinyl groups (B) termini from A2 + B3 approach indicates that the quantificational description of ANC and MC make it easy to well understand intramolecular cyclic structures resulting in a highly branched topology. Regulating the flexibility and rigidness of internal units in A2 monomers is an effective way to contr...
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