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  • Polymer Chemistry
  • Materials Science
  • Supramolecular Chemistry

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  • Carbon dioxide (CO2) responsive smart systems are gaining interest.
  • Limited monomers exhibit tunable hydrophobicity/hydrophilicity triggered by CO2.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To design and synthesize a novel CO2-responsive monomer.
  • To investigate the monomer's hydrophobic-to-hydrophilic transition and reversibility.
  • To explore the polymerization behavior of the new monomer.

Main Methods:

  • Synthesis of 4-vinylbenzyl amidine monomer using N,N-dimethylacetamide dimethyl acetal and 4-vinylbenzyl amine.
  • Solubility studies in a hexane/water biphasic system under CO2 treatment.
  • Reversibility testing via conductivity measurements in dimethylformamide (DMF).
  • Protonation confirmation using proton nuclear magnetic resonance (1H NMR).
  • Reversible addition-fragmentation chain-transfer (RAFT) polymerization studies.

Main Results:

  • The synthesized 4-vinylbenzyl amidine monomer demonstrated a reversible hydrophobic-to-hydrophilic transition upon CO2 stimulation.
  • Protonation of the amidine group by CO2 was confirmed via 1H NMR, explaining the solubility change.
  • The transition was reversible, evidenced by conductivity changes in DMF.
  • RAFT polymerization of the monomer was successful but occurred exclusively in glacial acetic acid, attributed to solvent-dependent radical structures.

Conclusions:

  • A novel CO2-responsive monomer, 4-vinylbenzyl amidine, was successfully synthesized and characterized.
  • The monomer exhibits reversible CO2-triggered hydrophilicity changes, suitable for smart materials.
  • The polymerization behavior is solvent-dependent, offering opportunities for controlled polymer synthesis.