End-labeled Amino Terminated Monotelechelic Glycopolymers Generated by ROMP and Cu(I)-catalyzed Azide-alkyne Cycloaddition
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Functionalizable monotelechelic polymers are useful materials for chemical biology and materials science. We report here the synthesis of a capping agent that can be used to terminate polymers prepared by ring-opening metathesis polymerization of norbornenes bearing an activated ester. The terminating agent is a cis-butene derivative bearing a Teoc (2-trimethylsilylethyl carbamate) protected primary amine. Post-polymerization modification of the polymer was accomplished by amidation with an azido-amine linker followed by Cu(I)-catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloaddition with propargyl sugars. Subsequent Teoc deprotection and conjugation with pyrenyl isothiocyanates afforded well-defined end-labeled glycopolymers.
Antropow A, Xu K, Buchsbaum R, Movassaghi M J Org Chem. 2017; 82(15):7720-7731.
PMID: 28696693 PMC: 5600481. DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.7b01162.