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Then-butyllithium-initiated ring-opening polymerization of ethylene oxide, in a mixture of benzene and dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO), between 25-45°C, with potassiumtert-butoxide, is a useful and powerful method to control the molecular weight as well as achieve a quantitative chain-end functionalization yield of the resulting polymeric alkoxidevia a one pot synthesis. The molecular weight of the product could be controlled by adjusting the ratio of grams of monomer to moles of initiators, such asn-butyllithium ([n-BuLi]) and potassiumt-butoxide ([t-BuOK]). The yields for the macromonomer and?-brominated poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) were quantitative in relation to the chain-end functionalizations of the polymeric alkoxide formed. The resulting products were characterized by a combination of1H-NMR spectroscopic and size exclusion chromatographic analyses.
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Kim, J., Choi, Sy., Kim, K.M. et al. An efficient method for synthesis of PEO-based macromonomer and macroinitiator. Macromol. Res. 15, 337–342 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03218796
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