Characterization of Chlorine-, Amine- and Acrylate-Functionalized TEMPO-Capped and Bis-TEMPO-Capped Polystyrenes Using MALDI-TOF MS

• Published in: Macromolecular rapid communications. Vol. 24; no. 10; pp. 614 - 619
• Main Authors: Bartsch, Andreas, Dempwolf, Wibke, Bothe, Marc, Flakus, Silke, Schmidt-Naake, Gudrun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Weinheim WILEY-VCH Verlag 01-07-2003; WILEY‐VCH Verlag; Wiley
• Subjects: acrylate; amine; Applied sciences; Exact sciences and technology; halogenated; MALDI; Organic polymers; Physicochemistry of polymers; polystyrene; Properties and characterization; Structure, morphology and analysis; Matrix isolation; Time of flight mass spectroscopy; Amino group; End group; Investigation method; Molecular structure; Piperidine derivatives; Styrene polymer; Experimental study; Laser desorption; Functional group; Macromer
• ISSN: 1022-1336; 1521-3927
• DOI: 10.1002/marc.200350003

Chlorine‐functionalized TEMPO‐capped polystyrenes were investigated using the matrix‐assisted laser desorption/ionization time‐of‐flight (MALDI‐TOF) technique. Amine‐ and acrylate‐functionalized agents and bifunctional TEMPO‐capped polystyrene were also analyzed to demonstrate the applicability of this method. Using this technique allowed to analyze the conversion of the chlorine function to an acrylate function, which was previously difficult to detect with other methods.
MALDI‐TOF mass spectrum of a polystyrene described in this article, as obtained with DHB as the matrix.