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The subject of this review is to present new synthetic methodologies recently developed by us, which are applicable to both regular and asymmetric star polymers with well-defined architectures. The first methodology involves the coupling reaction of a variety of living anionic polymers of styrene, α-methylstyrene, isoprene, tert-butyl methacrylate, and ethylene oxide with novel chain-end- and in-chain-functionalized polymers with a definite number of benzyl halide moieties intentionally designed as polymeric coupling agents. In the second methodology, we propose a new concept based on iterative approach, with which star polymers can be successively and, in principle, unlimitedly synthesized by repeating the iterative reaction sequence. Finally, a convenient synthesis of densely branched polymers with starlike structures is presented by the quantitative coupling reaction of living anionic polymers with reactive benzyl halide-functionalized backbone polymers based on a grafting-onto method.
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Hirao, A., Hayashi, M., Tokuda, Y. et al. Precise Synthesis of Regular and Asymmetric Star Polymers and Densely Branched Polymers with Starlike Structures by Means of Living Anionic Polymerization. Polym J 34, 633–658 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1295/polymj.34.633
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