Synlett 2022; 33(08): 771-776
DOI: 10.1055/a-1796-7064
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A Reductive Deuteration Approach to the Efficient Synthesis of Deuterated Polymers

Lei Ning
a   Department of Nutrition and Health, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, P. R. of China
b   Innovation Center of Pesticide Research, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, P. R. of China
,
Lijun Wang
a   Department of Nutrition and Health, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, P. R. of China
b   Innovation Center of Pesticide Research, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, P. R. of China
,
Mengqi Peng
a   Department of Nutrition and Health, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, P. R. of China
b   Innovation Center of Pesticide Research, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, P. R. of China
,
Zixuan Qin
a   Department of Nutrition and Health, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, P. R. of China
,
a   Department of Nutrition and Health, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, P. R. of China
b   Innovation Center of Pesticide Research, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, P. R. of China
,
Shangzhong Liu
b   Innovation Center of Pesticide Research, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, P. R. of China
,
Yanhong Dong
b   Innovation Center of Pesticide Research, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, P. R. of China
,
Jie An
a   Department of Nutrition and Health, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, P. R. of China
› Author Affiliations
We thank Beijing Miracleark New Material Technology Co. Ltd, the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC; 31272075), and the China Agricultural University for financial support.


Abstract

Deuterated polymers have wide applications but limited synthetic methods. In this study, we report an efficient two-step approach for the synthesis of deuterated polyesters and polyurethanes. Firstly, two practical single-electron transfer (SET) reductive-deuteration methods have been developed for site-selective introduction of C(sp3)–D into diol monomers. Nine deuterated diol monomers with high deuterium incorporations were synthesized under SmI2–D2O and/or Na-EtOD-d 1 SET reductive-deuteration conditions. Then, six typical deuterated polyesters and polyurethanes were synthesized using those deuterated monomers under typical polymerization conditions. In all the synthesized polymers, high deuterium incorporation was fully maintained, which showcased the potential application of this approach for the synthesis of polymers with site-specific deuterium labelling.

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Publication History

Received: 25 January 2022

Accepted: 13 March 2022

Accepted Manuscript online:
13 March 2022

Article published online:
19 April 2022

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