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Synfacts 2010(3): 0291-0291  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1219263
Synthesis of Materials and Unnatural Products
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A Bifunctional Initiator for Block Copolymer Synthesis

Contributor(s): Timothy M. Swager, Stefanie A. Sydlik
E. Kaul, V. Senkovskyy*, R. Tkachov, V. Bocharova, H. Komber, M. Stamm, A. Kiri*
Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden e.V., Germany
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18 February 2010 (online)

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A simple bifunctional initiatior was prepared to facilitate the efficient synthesis of poly(3-hexylthiophene)-block-polystyrene. The use of a bifunctional initiator for the synthesis of block ­copolymers is a novel technique that circumvents the problems associated with post-polymerization modification, which is usually used to incorporate the initiator for the second block.