with ethyl acrylate (1: 1 molar feed ratio) yielded copolymers containing a significant fraction
of backbone disulfide groups, which were degradable upon reduction. A compound
containing two types of radically polymerizable groups (cyclic disulfide (1, 2-dithiolane) and
vinyl), 2-acryloyloxyethyl lipoate (AOELp), was synthesized and demonstrated to be a useful
precursor for highly branched sulfur-containing polymers. Under radical polymerization …