Solvent effects on the intramolecular charge transfer character of N ,N -diaryl dihydrophenazine catalysts for organocatalyzed atom transfer radical polymerization

Autor: Matthew D. Ryan, Jordan C. Theriot, Sarah R. Lincoln, Charles B. Musgrave, Chern-Hooi Lim, Haishen Yang, Nathaniel G. Garrison, Garret M. Miyake, Andrew G. Lockwood
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry. 55:3017-3027
ISSN: 0887-624X
DOI: 10.1002/pola.28574
Popis: The nature of intramolecular charge transfer (CT) of N,N-diaryl dihydrophenazine photocatalysts (PCs) in different solvents is explored in context of their performance in organocatalyzed atom transfer radical polymerization (O-ATRP). PCs having a computationally predicted lowest energy excited state exhibiting CT character can operate a highly controlled O-ATRP in a wide range of solvent polarities, from non-polar hexanes to highly polar N,N-dimethylacetamide. For PCs having a computationally predicted lowest energy excited state not possessing CT character, their ability to operate a controlled O-ATRP is decreased. This study confirms the importance of CT character in the excited state for N,N-diaryl dihydrophenazine PCs, and a deeper understanding of the activity of CT PCs has enabled the synthesis of polymers of low dispersity (
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