• Yuan, J.; ten Brummelhuis, N.; Junginger, M.; Xie, Z.; Lu, Y.; Taubert, A.; Schlaad, H.: Diversified Applications of Chemically Modified 1,2-Polybutadiene. Macromolecular Rapid Communications 32 (2011), p. 1157-1162

10.1002/marc.201100254

Abstract:
Commercially available 1,2-PB was transformed into a well-defined reactive intermediate by quantitative bromination. The brominated polymer was used as a polyfunctional macroinitiator for the cationic ring-opening polymerization of 2-ethyl-2-oxazoline to yield a watersoluble brush polymer. Nucleophilic substitution of bromide by 1-methyl imidazole resulted in the formation of polyelectrolyte copolymers consisting of mixed units of imidazolium, bromo, and double bond. These copolymers, which were soluble in water without forming aggregates, were used as stabilizers in the heterophase polymerization of styrene and were also studied for their ionic conducting properties.