Photophysics and photochemistry of NIR absorbers derived from cyanines: key to new technologies based on chemistry 4.0

• Bernd Strehmel,
• Christian Schmitz,
• Ceren Kütahya,
• Yulian Pang,
• Anke Drewitz and
• Heinz Mustroph

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 415–444, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.40

Versatile synthesis of end-reactive polyrotaxanes applicable to fabrication of supramolecular biomaterials

• Atsushi Tamura,
• Asato Tonegawa,
• Yoshinori Arisaka and
• Nobuhiko Yui

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 2883–2892, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.287

• aromatic azide groups (i.e., phenylazide) in the click reaction with alkynes [28]. In our experiments, 4a and 4b exhibited similar reaction efficiencies with p-(tert-butyl)phenylacetylene, but this may change with the reaction conditions and alkyne species. End-group functionalization of PRXs for

End group functionalization of poly(ethylene glycol) with phenolphthalein: towards star-shaped polymers based on supramolecular interactions

• Carolin Fleischmann,
• Hendrik Wöhlk and
• Helmut Ritter

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 2263–2269, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.235

• synthesis of the PP-N3 intermediate was of special interest, since up to now this molecule has not been described in literature and can be employed in various reactions aiming for the (end) group functionalization of polymers. The molecule was prepared in a three-step reaction starting from native

End-group-functionalized poly(N,N-diethylacrylamide) via free-radical chain transfer polymerization: Influence of sulfur oxidation and cyclodextrin on self-organization and cloud points in water

• Sebastian Reinelt,
• Daniel Steinke and
• Helmut Ritter

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 680–691, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.61

• functionalization is supported by 1H NMR-, SEC-, FTIR- and MALDI–TOF measurements. Keywords: chain-transfer polymerization; cyclodextrins; end-group functionalization; host–guest interaction; lower critical solution temperature (LCST); poly(N,N-diethylacrylamide); Introduction Supramolecular chemistry was first

• Table 1. Exemplarily, Figure 1 shows a section of the MALDI–TOF spectrum of polymer 8b confirming a high degree of 4-tert-butylphenol end-group functionalization. Just single series of peaks with a peak separation of 127.1 which corresponds to the mass of DEAAm plus the proposed end-group (224.1) and

• MALDI –TOF spectrum of polymer 8b, indicating the high degree of end-group functionalization by the use of free-radical chain transfer polymerization. 1H NMR spectrum of polymer 9b in CDCl3 (300 MHz, rt). Top left: Section of the FTIR-spectrum of polymer 8b (black line) in comparison to 8bOx (red line

Cyclodextrin-induced host–guest effects of classically prepared poly(NIPAM) bearing azo-dye end groups

• Gero Maatz,
• Arkadius Maciollek and
• Helmut Ritter

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 1929–1935, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.224

• observed. Additionally, this azo-dye-end-group-labeled polymer was complexed with hyperbranched polyglycerol (HPG) decorated with β-CD to generate hedgehog-like superstructures. Keywords: azo-dye; cyclodextrins; end-group functionalization; host–guest interaction; supramolecular aggregation; Introduction

• mg/mL) at 20 °C. z-Average diameter (DZ) of the complex 8 in water as a function of temperature (0.5 mg/mL, heating rate 0.5 °C/min). CTP of 1 and end-group functionalization with 5 yielding the azo-dye-end-group-labeled polymer 6. Supporting Information The Supporting Information contains

• topology, attract considerable interest for a wide range of optical, medical or reagent-immobilization applications [16]. Results and Discussion Here, we describe the free-radical polymerization of N-isopropylacrylamide (NIPAM, 1) in the presence of a chain–transfer agent and its end-group

Synthesis, characterization and photoinduced curing of polysulfones with (meth)acrylate functionalities

• Cemil Dizman,
• Sahin Ates,
• Lokman Torun and
• Yusuf Yagci

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2010, 6, No. 56, doi:10.3762/bjoc.6.56

• after polymerization. The second involves direct copolymerization of functionalized monomers [4][5][6]. An increasing topic of interest concerns cooperation of PSUs with epoxy resins via end group functionalization or blending. Engineering thermoplastics based on PSU have been widely used to overcome