Abstract
Abstract Both AB and BA block copolymers of α-methylstyrene (αMeSt) and 2-chloroethyl vinyl ether (CEVE) were synthesized by the sequential living cationic polymerization initiated with the HCl-CEVE adduct (1a)/SnBr4 system in CH2Cl2 at -78°C. αMeSt-CEVE (AB) block copolymers with narrow molecular weight distributions ([Mbar]w/[Mbar]n ∼ 1.15) were obtained when αMeSt was polymerized first, followed by addition of CEVE to the resulting αMeSt living polymer solution. The reverse order of monomer addition, from CEVE to αMeSt, also led to a BA-type block copolymer. In the polymerization of a mixture of the two monomers, almost random copolymers were obtained. Living polymerizations of αMeSt were also induced with functional initiating systems, HCl-functionalized vinyl ether adducts (1b-1d)/SnBr4, to give end-function-alized poly(αMeSt)s with a methacrylate, an acetate, or a phthalimide terminal.
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