Phosphonate-Functionalized Polycarbonates Synthesis through Ring-Opening Polymerization and Alternative Approaches

Abstract

Well-defined phosphonate-functionalized polycarbonate with low dispersity (Ð = 1.22) was synthesized using organocatalyzed ring-opening polymerization (ROP) of novel phosphonate-based cyclic monomers. Copolymerization was also performed to access different structures of phosphonate-containing polycarbonates (PC). Furthermore, phosphonate-functionalized PC was successfully synthesized using a combination of ROP and post-modification reaction.

Keywords

• ring-opening polymerization (ROP)
• phosphonate-functionalized polycarbonate
• post-modification
• “click” chemistry