In this article the syntheses of quaternary phosphonium-containing trithiocarbonate RAFT
agents (RAFT-PR3, R= Bu and Ph) and their use in the bulk, thermally initiated …

We reported herein a facile and high-yield approach to synthesize a series of
trithiocarbonate RAFT agents containing quaternary ammonium functionality in the “R …

Phthalimidomethyl trithiocarbonates are used as reversible addition fragmentation chain
transfer (RAFT) agents to provide low polydispersity α-(phthalimidomethyl) polystyrene with …

New oxazolyl benzhydryl and oxazolyl benzyl-functionalized trithiocarbonate RAFT agents,
1-(butylsulfanylthiocarbonylsulfanyl)-1-[4-(4, 5-dihydro-4, 4-dimethyl-2-oxazolyl) phenyl]-1 …

Introduction. Recent development of controlled radical polymerization leads to the synthesis
of many welldefined architectures with predictable molecular weights. The most important …

Three new naphthyl-functionalized trithiocarbonate RAFT agents, ethyl 1-
naphthylmethyltrithiocarbonate, butyl 1-naphthylmethyltrithiocarbonate and dodecyl 1 …

The preparation of three new benzhydryl 2-propanoyl-functionalized trithiocarbonate RAFT
agents, benzhydryl 2-(ethylsulfanylthiocarbonylsulfanyl) propanoate, benzhydryl 2 …

This thesis begins with the description of the preparation of thirteen dithioesters (of the form
Z-(C= S)-SR) which were characterized via Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) …

Herein, we report a novel type of symmetrical trithiocarbonate chain transfer agent (CTA)
based diphenylmethyl as R groups. The utilization of this CTA in the Reversible Addition …

We report herein the synthesis of three new diacid functional trithiocarbonates (TTCs) in
which the substitution pattern about the TTC functionality is varied and compare their …