Controlled Synthesis of High Molecular Weight Polyacrylates Having a

Macromolecules 2009, 42, 6873–6877

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DOI: 10.1021/ma8025749

Controlled Synthesis of High Molecular Weight Polyacrylates Having a Dumbbell Topology Philip Dimitrov,*,† Pradeep Iyer,‡ Rishikesh Bharadwaj,‡ Prakash Mallya,‡ and Thieo E. Hogen-Esch*,† †

Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute and Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089-1661, and ‡Avery Research Center, 2900 Bradley Street, Pasadena, California 91107-1599 Received November 16, 2008; Revised Manuscript Received July 30, 2009 ABSTRACT: Well-defined high molecular weight (MW) (Mn ∼ 500 000, Mw/Mn