Issue 37, 2019

Synthesis of a heterotelechelic helical poly(methacrylamide) and its incorporation into a supramolecular triblock copolymer

Abstract

We report the first heterotelechelic helical poly(methacrylamide) (PMAc) bearing orthogonal supramolecular binding sites on its chain-ends synthesized through a combination of reversible addition–fragmentation chain-transfer (RAFT) polymerization and thiol–bromo “click” chemistry. The heterotelechelic PMAc was assembled with two monotelechelic polymers featuring different secondary structures, namely a coil-like poly(styrene) and a helical poly(isocyanide), resulting in the formation of a coil–helix–helix supramolecular triblock copolymer through orthogonal metal coordination and hydrogen bonding interactions. Triblock assembly was confirmed through 1H NMR spectroscopy, isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC) and viscometry. The individual polymer blocks retained their secondary structures in the final triblock copolymer, as evidenced by circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy. Our synthetic strategy expands the toolbox of triblock copolymers featuring structural motifs similar to the ones found in proteins and provides the potential for the development of other complex multifunctional polymeric ensembles.

Graphical abstract: Synthesis of a heterotelechelic helical poly(methacrylamide) and its incorporation into a supramolecular triblock copolymer

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
15 Jul 2019
Accepted
18 Aug 2019
First published
27 Aug 2019

Polym. Chem., 2019,10, 5087-5093

Author version available

Synthesis of a heterotelechelic helical poly(methacrylamide) and its incorporation into a supramolecular triblock copolymer

R. Deng, M. Milton, S. K. Pomarico and M. Weck, Polym. Chem., 2019, 10, 5087 DOI: 10.1039/C9PY01047E

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