Thursday, 17 May 2007 - 10:30 AM
210 (Pfahler Hall)
220

Microwave-initiated living free radical polymerization: Optimization of the preparative scale synthesis of Rasta resins

Joseph M. Pawluczyk, Merck & Co, West Point, PA

Microwave heating of high-loading TEMPO-methyl resin with functionalized styrenyl monomers in a Smith Synthesizer afforded novel Rasta resins via living free radical polymerization. These resin beads are larger (>500 um), have a higher loading capacity (>5.5 mmol/g) and are obtained ~150 times faster than conventional heating. This talk will focus on our efforts to scale this polymerization in the Biotage Advancer preparative-scale microwave instrument.

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