Cu-catalyzed azide− alkyne cycloaddition

M Meldal, CW Tornøe - Chemical reviews, 2008 - ACS Publications
The Huisgen 1, 3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction of organic azides and alkynes1, 2 has
gained considerable attention in recent years due to the introduction in 2001 of Cu (1) …

Applications of orthogonal “click” chemistries in the synthesis of functional soft materials

RK Iha, KL Wooley, AM Nystrom, DJ Burke… - Chemical …, 2009 - ACS Publications
Applications for advanced functional soft materials that possess precisely engineered
properties and functional groups have been expanding significantly with the development of …

Transition metal-catalyzed living radical polymerization: toward perfection in catalysis and precision polymer synthesis

M Ouchi, T Terashima, M Sawamoto - Chemical Reviews, 2009 - ACS Publications
Precision control of radical polymerization, or living radical polymerization, has been among
the most important and long-waited subjects in polymer chemistry and macromolecular …

Diels–Alder “click” reactions: recent applications in polymer and material science

MA Tasdelen - Polymer Chemistry, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
The “click” chemistry concept is based on utilizing rapid reactions which are efficient,
versatile, and selective. Indeed, Diels–Alder (DA) reactions fulfill most of the requirements …

Click chemistry, a powerful tool for pharmaceutical sciences

CD Hein, XM Liu, D Wang - Pharmaceutical research, 2008 - Springer
Click chemistry refers to a group of reactions that are fast, simple to use, easy to purify,
versatile, regiospecific, and give high product yields. While there are a number of reactions …

Marrying click chemistry with polymerization: expanding the scope of polymeric materials

PL Golas, K Matyjaszewski - Chemical Society Reviews, 2010 - pubs.rsc.org
Click chemistry constitutes a class of reactions broadly characterized by efficiency,
selectivity, and tolerance to a variety of solvents and functional groups. By far the most …

1, 3‐Dipolar cycloadditions of azides and alkynes: a universal ligation tool in polymer and materials science

JF Lutz - Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
In 2001, Sharpless and co‐workers introduced “click” chemistry, a new approach in organic
synthesis that involves a handful of almost perfect chemical reactions. Among these carefully …

Synthesis of functional polymers with controlled architecture by CRP of monomers in the presence of cross-linkers: From stars to gels

H Gao, K Matyjaszewski - Progress in Polymer Science, 2009 - Elsevier
Recent developments in the synthesis of functional polymers with controlled architecture
and site-specific functionality via applying controlled radical polymerization (CRP) …

Macromolecular engineering through click chemistry and other efficient transformations

BS Sumerlin, AP Vogt - Macromolecules, 2010 - ACS Publications
Precision synthesis of advanced polymeric materials requires efficient, robust, and facile
chemical reactions. Paradoxically, the synthesis of increasingly intricate macromolecular …

Telechelic polymers by living and controlled/living polymerization methods

MA Tasdelen, MU Kahveci, Y Yagci - Progress in Polymer Science, 2011 - Elsevier
Telechelic polymers, defined as macromolecules that contain two reactive end groups, are
used as cross-linkers, chain extenders, and important building blocks for various …