Synthetic Route of Br2CuIn 2019 ,《Redox-switchable atom transfer radical polymerization》 was published in Chemical Communications (Cambridge, United Kingdom). The article was written by Dadashi-Silab, Sajjad; Lorandi, Francesca; Fantin, Marco; Matyjaszewski, Krzysztof. The article contains the following contents:
Temporal control in atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) relies on modulating the oxidation state of a copper catalyst, as polymer chains are activated by L/CuI and deactivated by L/CuII. (Re)generation of L/CuI activator has been achieved by applying a multitude of external stimuli. However, switching the Cu catalyst off by oxidizing to L/CuII through external chem. stimuli has not yet been investigated. A redox switchable ATRP was developed in which an oxidizing agent was used to oxidize L/CuI activator to L/CuII, thus halting the polymerization A ferrocenium salt or oxygen were used to switch off the Cu catalyst, whereas ascorbic acid was used to switch the catalyst on by (re)generating L/CuI. The redox switches efficiently modulated the oxidation state of the catalyst without sacrificing control over polymerization The experimental part of the paper was very detailed, including the reaction process of Cupric bromide(cas: 7789-45-9Synthetic Route of Br2Cu)
Some reported applications of Cupric bromide(cas: 7789-45-9) are: catalyst in cross coupling reactions; co-catalyst in Sonogashira coupling; lewis acid in enantioselective addition of alkynes.Synthetic Route of Br2Cu
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Copper catalysis in organic synthesis – NCBI,
Special Issue “Fundamentals and Applications of Copper-Based Catalysts”