Stabilized
methyl acrylate, iso-
butyl acrylate (Alfa Aesar, 99%),
isobornyl acrylate (ABCR, 85%),
tert-butyl methacrylate (Sigma-Aldrich, 98%), iso-butyl methacrylate,
methyl methacrylate (ABCR, 99%),
tert-
butyl acrylate and
butyl acrylate (Sigma-Aldrich, 99%) were deinhibited
via a short column of basic aluminum oxide. Copper(
i) iodide (Sigma-Aldrich, ≥98%), tin(
ii)-2-ethylhexanoate (Sigma-Aldrich, 95%),
tris[2-(dimethylamino)ethyl]amine (Sigma-Aldrich, 97%), butylene-bis(2-bromoisobutyrate) (provided by Evonik),
ethyl-α-bromoisobutyrate (Sigma Aldrich, 98%),
anisole (Acros, 99%),
methanol (VWR, p.a.), triphenylphosphine and sodium iodide (ABCR, 99%) were used as received. Tetrahydrofurane (Sigma-Aldrich, anhydrous, ≥99.9%) and nickelocene (ABCR, 99%) were used as received and handled in a glovebox.
Pahnke K., Brandt J., Gryn'ova G., Lindner P., Schweins R., Schmidt F.G., Lederer A., Coote M.L, & Barner-Kowollik C. (2014). Entropy driven chain effects on ligation chemistry †Electronic supplementary information (ESI) available: Synthetic details, applied MHKS parameters, SEC chromatograms of all samples, (HT) NMR data, experimental debonding values, SANS measurements, computational data (energy contributions and geometries in the form of Gaussian archive entries). See DOI: 10.1039/c4sc02908a Click here for additional data file.. Chemical Science, 6(2), 1061-1074.