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Tadashi Kanbara1, Mizuki Arase1, Miyu Tanaka1
1Department of Chemistry, Ochanomizu University, 2-1-1 Otsuka, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
Abstract:
Fluorine-containing polymers are one of the most useful materials among various polymers. In this study, we have developed synthesis methods for fluorine-containing polymers through sequential and chain polymerization based on the generation of perfluoroalkyl radicals by photoirradiation halogen bonding of perfluoroalkyl iodide and amines. In sequential polymerization, fluoroalkyl-alkyl-alternating polymers were synthesized by the polyaddition of diene and diiodoperfluoroalkane. In chain polymerization, polymers with perfluoroalkyl terminals were synthesized by polymerization of general-purpose monomers, with perfluoroalkyl iodide as the initiating species. Block polymers were also synthesized by successive chain polymerization to the polyaddition product.
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