William Ramos, Nick M. Legaux, Brandon M. Hosford, Hanlin M. Wang, Elizabeth A. Murphy, Alicia C. Huggett, Frank A. Leibfarth, Jessica R. Lamb. “Accessing block copolymers with independently modulated tacticities using sequential cationic-anionic polymerization of vinyl ethers and thiiranes.” ChemRxiv (). https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv.15007792/v1

rac-POPS
Chiral HPLC (ChiralPak OD-H, 150 × 4.6 mm, 30 °C) tR = 6.81 min, peak area = 12044, 49.18 % of total area; tR = 8.31 min, peak area = 12443, 50.82 % of total area
Chiral HPLC chromatogram Image data were not transcribed
SI, pp. S12–S13
(2S)-3-phenoxypropylene sulfide
Identifier (S)-POPS
¹H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl₃) δ 7.32 (m, 2H), 7.00 (m, 1H), 6.94 (m, 2H), 4.23 (ddd, J = 10.2, 5.5, 0.7 Hz, 1H), 3.92 (dd, J = 10.2, 7.1 Hz, 1H), 3.29 (ddt, J = 7.0, 6.2, 5.4 Hz, 1H), 2.62 (dt, J = 6.2, 1.1 Hz, 1H), 2.34 (dd, J = 5.3, 1.4 Hz, 1H)
¹H NMR spectrum (500 MHz, CDCl₃) Image data were not transcribed
Chiral HPLC (ChiralPak OD-H, iPrOH:hexanes = 10:90, 0.8 mL min⁻¹, λ = 250 nm) tR = 6.81 min; tS = 8.17 min; e.r. = 99:1
Chiral HPLC (ChiralPak OD-H, 150 × 4.6 mm, 30 °C) tR = 6.81 min, peak area = 0, 0 % of total area; tR = 8.17 min, peak area = 16268, 100 % of total area
Chiral HPLC chromatogram Image data were not transcribed
SI, pp. S12–S13, S42
(S)-Propylene sulfide
Identifier (S)-PS
¹H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl₃) δ 2.92 (pseudo-h, J ≈ 5.8 Hz, 1H), 2.51 (dd, J = 6.3, 0.9 Hz, 1H), 2.12 (dd, J = 5.7, 0.8 Hz, 1H), 1.52 (d, J = 5.8 Hz, 3H)
¹H NMR spectrum (500 MHz, CDCl₃) Image data were not transcribed
SI, p. S43
a-p(EVE) photo-CP batches
Size-exclusion chromatography (DMF, 0.025 M LiBr, PMMA calibration), batch 1 Mn = 3.38 kDa; Mw = 4.49 kDa; Đ = 1.33
Size-exclusion chromatography (DMF, 0.025 M LiBr, PMMA calibration), batch 2 Mn = 4.30 kDa; Mw = 5.59 kDa; Đ = 1.31
Size-exclusion chromatography traces Image data were not transcribed
¹H NMR spectrum (500 MHz, CDCl₃) Image data were not transcribed
SI, pp. S7, S9, S38
a-p(POPS)
Size-exclusion chromatography (DMF, 0.025 M LiBr, PMMA calibration) Mn = 8.33 kDa; Đ = 1.39
Size-exclusion chromatography trace (DMF, 0.025 M LiBr) Image data were not transcribed
¹³C NMR (126 MHz, 20 mg sample, 4096 scans, 1 s delay), tacticity 54 % m; methine-carbon peaks at δ 46.8, [46.7, 46.6], and 46.5 corresponding to mm, [mr + rm], and rr triads, respectively
¹³C NMR spectrum, methine-carbon region Image data were not transcribed
Thermogravimetric analysis (10 °C min⁻¹, N₂), extrapolated onset temperature To = 284 °C
Differential scanning calorimetry (10 °C min⁻¹, N₂, second heat) Tg = 11 °C
Main, p. 4; SI, pp. S3, S13–S14, S16, S33
iso-p(POPS)
Size-exclusion chromatography (DMF, 0.025 M LiBr, PMMA calibration) Mn = 8.06 kDa; Đ = 1.56
Size-exclusion chromatography trace (DMF, 0.025 M LiBr) Image data were not transcribed
¹³C NMR (126 MHz, 20 mg sample, 4096 scans, 1 s delay), tacticity >99 % m; only the methine-carbon peak corresponding to the mm triad was observed
¹³C NMR spectrum, methine-carbon region Image data were not transcribed
Thermogravimetric analysis (10 °C min⁻¹, N₂), extrapolated onset temperature To = 312 °C
Differential scanning calorimetry (10 °C min⁻¹, N₂) Tg = 16 °C, second heat; Tm = 131 °C, first heat
Thermogravimetric analysis and differential scanning calorimetry, thermograms Image data were not transcribed
Main, p. 4; SI, pp. S3–S4, S13–S14, S17, S23, S28, S33
a-p(PS)
Size-exclusion chromatography (THF, polystyrene calibration) Mn = 15.7 kDa; Đ = 1.29
Size-exclusion chromatography trace (Waters THF) Image data were not transcribed
¹³C NMR (126 MHz, 20 mg sample, 4096 scans, 1 s delay), tacticity 42 % m; multiple methine peaks were observed; the reported % m is approximate because the methine peaks overlap
¹³C NMR spectra, methine-carbon region and peak deconvolution Image data were not transcribed
Thermogravimetric analysis (10 °C min⁻¹, N₂), extrapolated onset temperature To = 296 °C
Differential scanning calorimetry (10 °C min⁻¹, N₂, second heat) Tg = −40 °C
Thermogravimetric analysis and differential scanning calorimetry, thermograms Image data were not transcribed
Main, p. 4; SI, pp. S3–S4, S14–S16, S23, S29, S33
iso-p(PS)
Size-exclusion chromatography (THF, polystyrene calibration) Mn = 14.6 kDa; Đ = 1.20
Size-exclusion chromatography trace (DMF, 0.025 M LiBr) Image data were not transcribed
¹³C NMR (126 MHz, 20 mg sample, 4096 scans, 1 s delay), tacticity 93 % m; one major methine peak was observed; the reported % m is approximate because the methine peaks overlap
¹³C NMR spectra, methine-carbon region and peak deconvolution Image data were not transcribed
Thermogravimetric analysis (10 °C min⁻¹, N₂), extrapolated onset temperature To = 308 °C
Differential scanning calorimetry (10 °C min⁻¹, N₂, second heat) Tg = −39 °C
Thermogravimetric analysis and differential scanning calorimetry, thermograms Image data were not transcribed
Main, p. 4; SI, pp. S3–S4, S14–S15, S17, S24, S29, S33
a-p(IBVE)
Size-exclusion chromatography (THF, polystyrene calibration) Mn = 14.2 kDa; Mw = 18.0 kDa; Đ = 1.27
Size-exclusion chromatography trace (Waters THF) Image data were not transcribed
Thermogravimetric analysis (10 °C min⁻¹, N₂), extrapolated onset temperature To = 387 °C
Differential scanning calorimetry (10 °C min⁻¹, N₂, second heat) Tg = −16 °C
Thermogravimetric analysis and differential scanning calorimetry, thermograms Image data were not transcribed
Differential scanning calorimetry, artefact Instrument impurity observed at ~50 °C
SI, pp. S7, S10, S21, S27, S33
iso-p(IBVE)
Thermogravimetric analysis (10 °C min⁻¹, N₂), extrapolated onset temperature To = 383 °C
Differential scanning calorimetry (10 °C min⁻¹, N₂, second heat) Tg = −12 °C; Tm = 131, 142 °C
Thermogravimetric analysis and differential scanning calorimetry, thermograms Image data were not transcribed
Differential scanning calorimetry, artefact Instrument impurity observed at ~50 °C
SI, pp. S4, S22, S28, S33
iso-p(BnVE)
Thermogravimetric analysis (10 °C min⁻¹, N₂), extrapolated onset temperatures First To = 119 °C; second To = 317 °C
Differential scanning calorimetry (10 °C min⁻¹, N₂, second heat) Tg = 13 °C
Thermogravimetric analysis, thermogram Image data were not transcribed
SI, pp. S4, S22, S33
a-p(EVE)-b-a-p(POPS)
Size-exclusion chromatography (DMF, 0.025 M LiBr, PMMA calibration) Mn = 10.1 kDa; Đ = 1.38
Size-exclusion chromatography traces (DMF, 0.025 M LiBr) Image data were not transcribed
Small-angle X-ray scattering Most samples were disordered; lamellar morphology was observed at 50–70 mol % p(EVE), hexagonally packed cylinders at 46–47 mol % p(EVE), and some samples were poorly ordered with unknown morphologies
Automated chromatography composition and mass-recovery graph Image data were not transcribed
Small-angle X-ray scattering analysis Image data were not transcribed
Main, pp. 4–5; SI, pp. S18, S33–S34
a-p(EVE)-b-iso-p(POPS)
Size-exclusion chromatography (DMF, 0.025 M LiBr, PMMA calibration) Mn = 11.3 kDa; Đ = 1.42
Size-exclusion chromatography traces (DMF, 0.025 M LiBr) Image data were not transcribed
¹H NMR spectrum (500 MHz, CDCl₃) Image data were not transcribed
Thermogravimetric analysis (10 °C min⁻¹, N₂), extrapolated onset temperatures To = 290, 382 °C
Differential scanning calorimetry (10 °C min⁻¹, N₂) Tg = −32, 20 °C, second heat; Tm = 118 °C, first heat
Main, p. 4; SI, pp. S18, S33, S39
a-p(EVE)-b-iso-p(POPS)
Thermogravimetric analysis (10 °C min⁻¹, N₂), extrapolated onset temperatures First To = 271 °C; second To = 373 °C
Thermogravimetric analysis and differential scanning calorimetry, thermograms Image data were not transcribed
Differential scanning calorimetry, artefact Instrument impurity observed at ~50 °C
SI, pp. S4, S24, S30, S33
iso-p(BnVE)-b-iso-p(PS)
Size-exclusion chromatography (THF, polystyrene calibration) Mn = 16.2 kDa; Đ = 1.41
Size-exclusion chromatography traces (Waters THF) Image data were not transcribed
Thermogravimetric analysis (10 °C min⁻¹, N₂), extrapolated onset temperatures To = 284, 441 °C
Differential scanning calorimetry (10 °C min⁻¹, N₂, second heat) Tg = −30, −5 °C; Tm = 151 °C
Thermogravimetric analysis and differential scanning calorimetry, thermograms Image data were not transcribed
Differential scanning calorimetry, artefact Instrument impurity observed at ~50 °C
Main, p. 4; SI, pp. S19, S25, S30, S33
iso-p(BnVE)-b-iso-p(PS)
Thermogravimetric analysis (10 °C min⁻¹, N₂), extrapolated onset temperatures First To = 290 °C; second To = 382 °C
SI, pp. S4, S33
a-p(IBVE)-b-a-p(PS)
Size-exclusion chromatography (THF, polystyrene calibration) Mn = 23.2 kDa; Đ = 1.41
Size-exclusion chromatography traces (Waters THF) Image data were not transcribed
¹H NMR spectrum (500 MHz, CDCl₃) Image data were not transcribed
Thermogravimetric analysis (10 °C min⁻¹, N₂), extrapolated onset temperatures To = 295, 398 °C
Differential scanning calorimetry (10 °C min⁻¹, N₂, second heat) Tg = −40, −18 °C
Thermogravimetric analysis and differential scanning calorimetry, thermograms Image data were not transcribed
Small-angle X-ray scattering (70 °C annealing, 18 h) Hexagonally packed cylinders were observed for fractions containing 58–63 mol % p(IBVE)
Main, pp. 4–5; SI, pp. S19, S25, S31, S33, S40
a-p(IBVE)-b-a-p(PS)
Thermogravimetric analysis (10 °C min⁻¹, N₂), extrapolated onset temperatures First To = 284 °C; second To = 441 °C
SI, pp. S4, S33
a-p(IBVE)-b-iso-p(PS)
Size-exclusion chromatography (THF, polystyrene calibration) Mn = 22.5 kDa; Đ = 1.40
Size-exclusion chromatography traces (Waters THF) Image data were not transcribed
¹H NMR spectrum (500 MHz, CDCl₃) Image data were not transcribed
Thermogravimetric analysis (10 °C min⁻¹, N₂), extrapolated onset temperatures To = 298, 397 °C
Differential scanning calorimetry (10 °C min⁻¹, N₂, second heat) Tg = −38, −14 °C
Thermogravimetric analysis and differential scanning calorimetry, thermograms Image data were not transcribed
Small-angle X-ray scattering (70 °C annealing, 18 h) Hexagonally packed cylinders were observed for fractions containing 56–77 mol % p(IBVE)
Main, pp. 4–5; SI, pp. S20, S26, S31, S33, S40
a-p(IBVE)-b-iso-p(PS)
Thermogravimetric analysis (10 °C min⁻¹, N₂), extrapolated onset temperatures First To = 295 °C; second To = 398 °C
SI, pp. S4, S33
iso-p(IBVE)-b-a-p(PS)
Size-exclusion chromatography (THF, polystyrene calibration) Mn = 41.3 kDa; Đ = 1.29
Size-exclusion chromatography traces (Waters THF) Image data were not transcribed
¹H NMR spectrum (500 MHz, CDCl₃) Image data were not transcribed
Thermogravimetric analysis (10 °C min⁻¹, N₂), extrapolated onset temperatures To = 298, 388 °C
Differential scanning calorimetry (10 °C min⁻¹, N₂, second heat) Tg = −39, −17 °C; Tm = 141 °C
Thermogravimetric analysis and differential scanning calorimetry, thermograms Image data were not transcribed
Differential scanning calorimetry, artefact Instrument impurity observed at ~50 °C
Main, p. 4; SI, pp. S20, S26, S32–S33, S41
iso-p(IBVE)-b-a-p(PS)
Thermogravimetric analysis (10 °C min⁻¹, N₂), extrapolated onset temperatures First To = 298 °C; second To = 397 °C
SI, pp. S4, S33
iso-p(IBVE)-b-iso-p(PS)
Size-exclusion chromatography (THF, polystyrene calibration) Mn = 43.7 kDa; Đ = 1.36
Size-exclusion chromatography traces (Waters THF) Image data were not transcribed
¹H NMR spectrum (500 MHz, CDCl₃) Image data were not transcribed
Thermogravimetric analysis (10 °C min⁻¹, N₂), extrapolated onset temperatures To = 294, 406 °C
Differential scanning calorimetry (10 °C min⁻¹, N₂, second heat) Tg = −38, −17 °C; Tm = 138 °C
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Main, p. 4; SI, pp. S21, S27, S32–S33, S41
iso-p(IBVE)-b-iso-p(PS)
Thermogravimetric analysis (10 °C min⁻¹, N₂), extrapolated onset temperatures First To = 298 °C; second To = 388 °C
SI, pp. S4, S33
a-p(IBVE)-b-a-p(PS), a-p(IBVE)-b-iso-p(PS), iso-p(IBVE)-b-a-p(PS) and iso-p(IBVE)-b-iso-p(PS) fractions
Automated chromatography, child-polymer composition for the a-p(IBVE)-containing block copolymers 32–100 mol % vinyl-ether block; the 100 mol % pVE fraction indicated that a portion of the p(IBVE) homopolymer did not chain extend
Automated chromatography, child-polymer composition for the iso-p(IBVE)-containing block copolymers 24–68 mol % vinyl-ether block
Automated chromatography composition and mass-recovery graphs Image data were not transcribed
Small-angle X-ray scattering analyses of the a-p(IBVE) block copolymers Image data were not transcribed
Differential scanning calorimetry thermograms Image data were not transcribed