Polymeric Blatter's Radical via CuAAC and ROMP

Abstract

A Blatter radical-containing polymer backbone is synthesized via copper-catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloaddition (CuAAC) and consecutive ring-opening metathesis polymerization. For this, an alkyne-functionalized Blatter radical is synthesized and used for the described CuAAC, yielding a polymerizable derivative of the radical. The resulting polymer is electrochemically investigated in cyclic voltammetry experiments, paving the way for the possible utilization of triazinyl radicals in all-organic polymer batteries. Furthermore, the simple modification of the alkyne bond makes further derivatization easily accessible.