Chemistry Letters, Vol.40, No.12, 1378-1380, 2011
A Novel Approach to Branched Polymers via Latent Thiol Chain-transfer Polymerization
A novel sodium 4-vinylbenzyl thiosulfate (VBTS) monomer was designed and can be prepared effectively via the Bunte salt reaction in room temperature, which can be conveniently used as the latent chain-transfer monomer in the radical polymerization to prepare branched polymers.