[Ph3C][B(C6F5)4]: A Highly Efficient Metal-Free Single-Component Initiator for the Helical-Sense-Selective Cationic Copolymerization of Chiral Aryl Isocyanides and Achiral Aryl Isocyanides

Xinwen Yan, Shaowen Zhang, Pengfei Zhang, Xiaolu Wu, An Liu, Ge Guo, Yuping Dong*, Xiaofang Li

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Abstract

Commercially available [Ph3C][B(C6F5)4] served as a highly efficient metal-free and single-component initiator not only for the carbocationic polymerization of polar and bulky aryl isocyanides with extremely high activity up to 1.2×107 g of polymer/(molcat. h), but also for the helical-sense-selective polymerization of chiral aryl isocyanides and copolymerization with achiral aryl isocyanides to afford high-molecular-weight functional poly(aryl isocyanide)s with good solubility as well as AIE characteristics and/or a single-handed helical conformation.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)8947-8952
Number of pages6
JournalAngewandte Chemie - International Edition
Volume57
Issue number29
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 16 Jul 2018

Keywords

  • cationic mechanisms
  • helical structures
  • isocyanides
  • metal-free initiators
  • polymerization

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