Synthesis of Dense 1,2,3-Triazole Oligomers Consisting Preferentially of 1,5-Disubstituted Units Via Ruthenium(II)-Catalyzed Azide-Alkyne Cycloaddition

Overview

Journal Polymers (Basel)

Publisher MDPI

Date 2023 May 13

PMID 37177345

Authors

Ryoichi Taguchi

Masaki Nakahata

Yuri Kamon

Akihito Hashidzume

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Abstract

Ruthenium(II)-catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloaddition (RuAAC) polymerization of -butyl 4-azido-5-hexynoate (tBuAH), i.e., a heterobifunctional monomer carrying azide and alkyne moieties, was investigated in this study. RuAAC of the monofunctional precursors of tBuAH yielded a dimer possessing a 1,5-disubstituted 1,2,3-triazole moiety. H NMR data showed that the dimer was a mixture of diastereomers. Polymerization of tBuAH using ruthenium(II) (Ru(II)) catalysts produced oligomers of ≈ (2.7-3.6) × 10 consisting of 1,5-disubstituted 1,2,3-triazole units (1,5-units) as well as 1,4-disubstituted 1,2,3-triazole units (1,4-units). The fractions of 1,5-unit () were roughly estimated to be ca. 0.8 by comparison of signals of the methine and triazole protons in H NMR spectra, indicating that RuAAC proceeded preferentially and thermal Huisgen cycloaddition (HC) somehow took place during the polymerization. The oligomer samples obtained were also characterized by solubility test, size exclusion chromatography (SEC), ultraviolet-visible (UV-Vis) absorption spectroscopy, and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). The UV-Vis and TGA data indicated that the oligomer samples contained a substantial amount of Ru(II) catalysts. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report on dense 1,2,3-triazole oligomers consisting of 1,5-units linked via a carbon atom.

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