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Chemistry · L5 · Block Copolymer Synthesis via Living Chain Ends

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How a living polymerization's still-reactive chain ends let a chemist sequentially add a second (or third) monomer to convert a homopolymer into a diblock or triblock copolymer.

by @openstemUpdated Chemistry
Initiator + monomer ALiving homopolymer:A-A-A-A-...-A*(chain end still active)Is monomer Afully consumed?Add second monomer Bto the still-living chain endsBlock copolymer:A-A-A-...-A-B-B-B-...-BOptionally add monomer Cfor a triblock ABC copolymerNo — waitYes

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