Functional initiators for both ATRP and ROP catalyzed by iron(III) catalyst

Abstract

α-Trichloromethyl benzyl alcohol was successfully used as initiators for both AGET ATRP and ROP reactions, which was catalyzed by only one non-toxic and very cheap catalyst iron(III) chloride. The corresponding polymers PMMA and PCL were characterized by 1H NMR, and their molecular mass were calculated as 7.53 kDa and 10.08 kDa, respectively.