TEMPO Driven Mild and Modular Route to Functionalized Microparticles

Macromolecular Rapid Communications
Sumbul HafeezLeena Nebhani

Abstract

The synthesis of crosslinked polymeric microspheres (3.8-15.0 µm) via (2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidin-1-yl)oxyl (TEMPO) initiated thiol-ene dispersion polymerization under ambient conditions is reported for the first time. The initiating ability of TEMPO for the thiol-ene reaction is validated by electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) and 1 H nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy on model reactions between 1-octadecanethiol and two electron deficient enes, n-butylacrylate and divinyl sulfone. Critically, the TEMPO resonance observed in the EPR spectra decreases with time when TEMPO is mixed with thiol and an electron deficient ene. The 1 H NMR spectra demonstrate formation of up to 90% of thioether under ambient conditions. Based on these model reactions, a variety of crosslinked polymeric microspheres are synthesized with excellent morphological stability using poly(vinyl pyrrolidone) as surfactant. The ability of the microspheres for a second TEMPO initiated thiol-ene reaction is demonstrated by the ligation of fluorescein-5-maleimide (an ene) to the microspheres' surface containing excess of thiol functionality and by ligation of cysteine (containing a thiol group) to the microspheres' surface containing an excess of en...Continue Reading

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