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α-Amido Trifluoromethyl Xanthates: A New Class of RAFT/MADIX Agents
Mathias Destarac1,2, Juliette Ruchmann-Sternchuss2, Eric Van Gramberen2
1Laboratoire Softmat, Université deToulouse, CNRS UMR 5623, Université Toulouse III-Paul Sabatier, 31062 Toulouse, France.
Abstract:
Xanthates have long been described as poor RAFT/MADIX agents for styrene polymerization. Through the determination of chain transfer constants to xanthates, this work demonstrated beneficial capto-dative substituent effects for the leaving group of a new series of α-amido trifluoromethyl xanthates, with the best effect observed with trifluoroacetyl group. The previously observed Z-group activation with a O-trifluoroethyl group compared to the O-ethyl counterpart was quantitatively established with C = 2.7 (3-4 fold increase) using the SEC peak resolution method. This study further confirmed the advantageous incorporation of trifluoromethyl substituents to activate xanthates in radical chain transfer processes and contributed to identify the most reactive xanthate reported to date for RAFT/MADIX polymerization of styrene.
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