The synthesis of vinyl bromobutanoate (VBr), a new vinyl acetate monomer derivative obtained by the palladium-catalyzed vinyl exchange reaction between vinyl acetate (VAc) and 4-bromobutyric acid is reported. The homopolymerization of this new monomer using the RAFT/MADIX polymerization technique leads to the formation of novel well-defined and controlled polymers containing pendent bromine fun...

The poorly active, monodentate SemiEsphos phosphine has been turned into an active ligand for rhodium catalysed vinyl acetate hydroformylation by attachment to the periphery of a polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane.

Iodine transfer (co)polymerization (ITP) was employed to form polyethylene (PE) and poly(ethylene- co -vinyl acetate) (EVA). ITPs were conducted at 80 bar pressure of ethylene in dimethylcarbonate (DMC) 70°C using tri-...

This study includes the design, synthesis and characterization of 1,2-phenylenediamine (o-PDA) functionalized maleic anhydride (MA)-vinyl acetate (VA) copolymer-based conjugate to develop a new formulation. The molecule is fluorescent dye that allows designing chemotherapeutic polymeric molecules. Poly(maleic anhydride-alt-vinyl acetate) [Poly(MA-alt-VA)] was obtained via charge transfer comple...

We assess the performance of six density functionals, each paired with one of five basis sets (a total of 30 model chemistries) for the prediction of geometrical parameters in the coordination sphere of nine vanadium complexes (for a total of 270 structural analyses). We find that results are generally consistent over the range of functionals tested and that none fail drastically. For bond leng...