RAFT Synthesis and Self-Assembly of Free-Base Porphyrin Cored Star Polymers

Table 2

Synthesis of porphyrin cored star block copolymers using macro-CTA as chain transfer agent initiated by AIBN^a.

Targeted block copolymers	Macro-CTA (PDI)	M	Time (h)	Conv. (%)	Overall 𝑀𝑛 (GPC)	PDI	Block ratio
P-(PDMA-PS)4	P-(PDMA96)4 (1.10)	St	6	8.5	41200	1.13	96 : 33 (PDMA : PS)
P-(PS-PDMA)4	P-(PS34)4 (1.11)	DMA	2.5	99	37600	1.29	34 : 239 (PS : PDMA)

^a[monomer]₀ : [Macro-CTA]₀ : [AIBN]₀ = 800 : 1 : 0.2; temperature was set at 65°C.