CA2216853C - Novel (co)polymers and a novel polymerization process based on atom (or group) transfer radical polymerization - Google Patents

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Abstract

A new polymerization process (atom transfer radical polymerization, or ATRP) based on a redox reaction between a transition metal (e.g., Cu(I)/CU(II)), provides "living" or controlled radical polymerization of styrene, (meth)acrylates, and other radically polymerizable monomers. Using various simple organic halides as model halogen atom transfer precursors (initiators) and transition metal complexes as a model halogen atom transfer promoters (catalysts), a "living" radical polymerization affords (co)polymers having the predetermined number average molecular weight by .DELTA.[M]/[I]o (up to M n > 10 5) and a surprisingly narrow molecular weight distribution (M w/M n), as low as 1.15.
The participation of free radical intermediates in ATRP is supported by end-group analysis and stereochemistry of the polymerization. In addition, polymers with various topologies (e.g., block, random, star, end-functional and in-chain functional copolymers [for example, of styrene and methyl (meth)acrylate]) have been synthesized using the present process. The polymeric products encompassed by the present invention can be widely used as plastics, elastomers, adhesives, emulsifiers, thermoplastic elastomers, etc.

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TITLE OF THE INVENTION
NOVEL (CO)POLYMERS AND A NOVEL POLYMERIZATION PROCESS BASED ON
ATOM (OR GROUP) TRANSFER RADICAL POLYMERIZATION
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Field of the Invention The present invention concerns novel (co)polymers and a novel radical polymerization process based on transition metal-mediated atom or group transfer polymerization ("atom transfer radical polymerization").
Discussion of the Backaround Living polymerization renders unique possibilities of preparing a multitude of polymers which are well-defined in terms of molecular dimension, polydispersity, topology, composition, functionalization and microstructure. Many living systems based on anionic, cationic and several other types of initiators have been developed over the past 40 years (see O.W. Webster, Science, 251, 887 (1991)).
However, in comparison to other living systems, living radical polymerization represented a poorly answered challenge prior to the present invention. It was difficult to control the molecular weight and the polydispersity to achieve a highly uniform product of desired structure by prior radical polymerization processes.

WO 96!30421 PCT/US96/03302 On the other hand, radical polymerization offers the advantages of being applicable to polymerization of a wide variety of commercially important monomers, many of which . cannot be polymerized by other polymerization processes. ' Moreover, it is easier to make random copolymers. by radical polymerization than by other (e. g., ionic) polymerization processes. Certain block copolymers cannot be made by other polymerization processes. Further, radical polymerization processes can be conducted in bulk, in solution, in suspension or in an emulsion, in contrast to other polymerization processes.
Thus, a need is strongly felt for a radical polymerization process which provides (co)polymers having a predetermined molecular weight, a narrow molecular weight distribution (low "polydispersity"), various topologies and controlled, uniform structures.
. Three approaches to preparation of controlled polymers in a "living" radical process have been described (Greszta et a1, Macromolecules, 27, 638 (1994)). The first approach involves 2o the situation where growing radicals react reversibly with scavenging radicals to form covalent species. The second approach involves the situation where growing radicals react reversibly with covalent species to produce persistent radicals. The third approach involves the situation where ' growing radicals participate in a degenerative transfer reaction which regenerates the same type of radicals.
There are some patents and articles on living/controlled . radical polymerization. Some of the best-controlled polymers obtained by "living" radical polymerization are prepared with ' preformed alkoxyamines or are those prepared in situ (U. S.
Patent 4,581,429; Georaes et al, Macromolecules, 26, 2987 (1993)). A Co-containing complex has been used to prepare "living" polyacrylates (Wayland, B. B., Pszmik, G., Mukerjee, S. L., Fryd, M. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 116, 7943 (1994)). A
"living" polyvinyl acetate) can be prepared using an A1(i-Bu)3: Bpy:TFMPO initiating system (Mardare et al, Macromolecules, 27, 645 (1994)). An initiating system based on benzoyl peroxide and chromium acetate has been used to conduct the controlled radical polymerization of methyl methacrylate and vinyl acetate (Lee et al, J. Chem. Soc.
Trans. Faraday Soc. I, 74, 1726 (1978); Mardare et al, Polym.
Prep. (ACS) , 36 (1) (1995) ) .
However, none of these "living" polymerization systems include an atom transfer process based on a redox reaction with a transition metal compound.
One paper describes a redox iniferter system based on Ni(0) and benzyl halides. However, a very broad and bimodal molecular weight distribution was obtained, and the initiator efficiency based on benzyl halides used was < 1~ (T. Otsu, T.
Tashinori, M. Yoshioka, Chem. Express 1990, 5(10), 801).
Another paper describes the polymerization of methyl methacrylate, initiated by CC14 in the presence of RuCl2(PPh3),.
However, the reaction does not occur without methylaluminum bis(2,6-di-tert-butylphenoxide), added as an activator (see M. , Kato, M. Kamigaito, M. Sawamoto, T. Higashimura, Macromolecules, 28, 1721 (1995)). This system is similar to the redox initiators developed early (Bamford, iri Comprehensive Polymer Science (First Supplement), Allen, G., Aggarwal, S. L., Russo, S., eds., Pergamon: Oxford, 1991, vol.
3, p. 123), in which the small amount of initiating radicals were generated by redox reaction between (1) RCHXz or RCX3 (where X = Br, C1) and (2) .Ni(0) and other transition metals.
The reversible deactivation of initiating radicals by oxidized Ni is very slow in comparison with propagation, resulting in very low initiator efficiency and a very broad and bimodal molecular weight distribution.
Atom transfer radical addition, ATRA, is a well-known method for carbon-carbon bond formation in organic synthesis.
(For reviews of atom transfer methods in organic synthesis, see (a) Curran, D. P. Synthesis, 1988, 489; (b) Curran, D. P.
in Free Radicals in Synthesis and Biology, Minisci, F., ed., Kluwer: Dordrecht, 1989, p. 37; and (c) Curran, D. P. in Comprehensive Organic Synthesis, Trost, B. M., Fleming, I., eds., Pergamon: Oxford, 1991, Vol. 4, p. 715.) In~a very broad class of ATRA, two types of atom transfer methods have been largely developed. One of them is known as atom abstraction or homolytic substitution (see (a) Curran et al, , J. Org. Chem., 1989, 54, 3140; and (b) Curran et al, J. Am.

WO 96/30421 PC'T/US96/03302 _5_ Chem. Soc., 1994, 116, 4279), in which a univalent atom . (typically a halogen) or a group (such as SPh or SePh) is transferred from a neutral molecule to a radical to form a new " a-bond and a new radical in accordance with Scheme 1 below:
Scheme 1:
Ri' + R~-X ~___' R~' + Ri-X
X = I, SePh, SPh,...
In this respect, iodine atom and the SePh group were found to work very well, due to the presence of very weak C-I
and C-SePh bonds towards the reactive radicals (Curran et al, J. Org. Chem. and J. Am. Chem. Soc., supra). In earlier work, the present inventors have discovered that alkyl iodides may induce the degenerative transfer process in radical polymerization, leading to a controlled radical polymerization of several alkenes. This is consistent with the fact that alkyl iodides are outstanding iodine atom donors that can undergo a fast and reversible transfer in an initiation step and degenerative transfer in a propagation step (see Gavnor et al, Polym. Prep. (Am. Chem. Soc., Polym. Chem. Div.), 1995, 36(1), 467; Wana et al, Polym. Prep. (Am. Chem. Soc., Polym.
Chem. Div.), 1995, 36(1), 465).
Another atom transfer method is promoted by a transition metal species (see (a) Bellus, D. Pure & Appl. Chem. 1985, 57, 1827; (b) Nagashima, H.; Ozaki, N.; Ishii, M.; Seki, K.;

Washiyama, M.; Itoh, K. J. Org. Chem. 1993, 58, 464; (c) Udding, J. H.; Tuijp, K. J. M.; van Zanden, M. N. A.;
Hiemstra, H.; Speckamp, W. N. J. Org. Chem. 1994, 59, 1993;
(c) Sei~as et al, Tetrahedron, 1992, 48(9), 1637; (d) Nagashima, H.; Wakamatsu, H.; Ozaki, N.; Ishii, T.; Watanabe, M.; Tajima, T.; Itoh, K. J. Org. Chem. 1992, 57, 1682; (e) Hayes, T. K.; Villani, R.; Weinreb, S. M. J. Am. Chem. Soc.
1988, 110, 5533; (f) Hirao et al, Syn. Lett., 1990, 217; and (g) Hirao et al, J. Synth. Org. Chem. (Japan), 1994, 52(3), 197; (h) Iqbal, J; Bhatia, B.; Nayyar, N. K. Chem. Rev., 94, 519 (1994)). In these reactions, a catalytic amount of transition metal compound acts as a carrier of the halogen atom in a redox process, in accordance with Figure 1.
Initially, the transition metal species, MC°, abstracts halogen atom X from the organic halide, R-X, to form the oxidized species, M~n'1X, and the carbon-centered radical R-.
In the subsequent step, the radical, R-, reacts with alkene, M, with the formation of the intermediate radical species, R-M'.
The reaction between Mtn''X and R-M' results in the target product, R-M-X, and regenerates the reduced transition metal species, Mtn, which further reacts with R-X and promotes a new redox process.
The high efficiency of transition metal-catalyzed atom transfer reactions in producing the target product, R-M-X, in good to excellent yields (often > 900) may suggest that the presence of an M~°/Mt°'1 cycle-based redox process can effectively compete with the bimolecular termination reactions between radicals (see Curran, Synthesis, in Free Radicals in Synthesis and Biology, and in Comprehensive organic Synthesis, supra).
It is difficult to control the molecular weight and the polydispersity (molecular weight distribution) of polymers produced by radical polymerization. Thus, it is often difficult to achieve a highly uniform and well-defined product.. It is also often difficult to control radical polymerization processes with the degree of certainty necessary in specialized applications, such as in the preparation of end functional polymers, block copolymers, star (co)polymers, etc. Further, although several initiating systems have been reported for "living"/controlled polymerization, no general pathway or process for "living"/
controlled polymerization has been discovered.
Thus, a need is strongly felt for a radical polymerization process which provides (co)polymers having a predictable molecular weight and a narrow molecular weight distribution (low "polydispersity"). A further need is strongly felt for a radical polymerization process which is sufficiently flexible to provide a wide variety of products, but which can be controlled to the degree necessary to provide highly uniform products with a controlled structure (i.e., controllable topology, composition, stereoregularity, etc.), many of which are suitable for highly specialized uses (such _g-as thermoplastic elastomers, end-functional polymers for chain-extended polyurethanes, polyesters and polyamides, dispersants for polymer blends, etc.).
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Accordingly, one object of the present invention is to provide a novel method for radical polymerization of alkenes based on atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP), which provides a high degree of control over the polymerization process.
l0 A further object of the present invention is to provide a novel method for radical polymerization of alkenes based on atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP), which leads to more uniform and more highly controllable products (which are now obtainable only by living ionic polymerization methods).
A further object of the present invention is to provide a broad variety of novel (co)polymers having more uniform properties than those obtained by conventional radical polymerization.
These and other_objects of the present invention, which 2o will be readily understood in the context of the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments, have been provided in part by a novel process of atom (or group) radical transfer polymerization, which comprises the steps of:
polymerizing one or more radically polymerizable monomers in the presence of an initiator having a radically -g-transferable atom or group, a transition metal compound and a ~ ligand to form a (co)polymer, the transition metal compound having a formula Mtn+X,n, and the ligand being any N-, O-, P- or S- containing compound which can coordinate in a a-bond or any carbon-containing compound which can coordinate in a ar-bond to the transition metal, such that direct (i.e., covalent) bonds between the transition metal and growing polymer radicals are not formed, and isolating the formed (co)polymer;
and, in part, by novel (co)polymers prepared by atom (or group) radical transfer polymerization.
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Figure 1 shows an atom transfer method in which a catalytic amount of transition metal catalyst acts as a carrier of the halogen atom in a redox process;
Figure 2 shows a scheme for "living"/controlled radical polymerization based on a succession of atom transfer radical additions;
Figure 3 is a graph of the kinetics of methyl acrylate ("MA") bulk polymerization at 130°C, initiated with 1-phenylethyl chloride in the presence of Cu(I)C1 (1 equiv.) and bipyridine (Bpy; 3 e~quiv.);
Figure 4 is a graph showing that the experimental molecular weight, Mn,ssc. increases with monomer conversion;

Figure 5 is a graph showing that the experimental molecular weight, Mn,sec. matches the theoretical molecular weight, Mn,t," and plotting the polydispersity, MW/Mn, as a function of monomer conversion;
5. Figure 6 shows the correlation of the experimental molecular weights, Mn,sac. with the theoretical molecular weights, Mn,th.. for a series of bulk ATRP~s of MA carried out at 130°C using various monomer/initiator molar ratios and a constant.ligand/catalyst/initiator molar ratio of 3/1/1;
Figures 7A and 7B show the 1H NMR spectra of PSt prepared at 130°C using 2-chloropropionitrile as an initiator, in the presence of 1 molar equiv. of CuCl and 3 molar equiv. of Bpy;
Figures 8A and 8B compare the 13C NMR spectra of the C=0 group and the quaternary carbon atom of PMMA prepared at 100°C
using methyl 2-bromoisobutyrate ("2-MiBBr"), CuBr and Bpy in a 1/1/3 molar ratio (Fig. 8A), and of PMMA prepared using a classic radical initiator, AIBN (Fig. 8B);
Figure 9 shows the kinetic plots of the ATRP of three typical monomers (styrene, ~'St", methyl acrylate, "MA", and methyl methacrylate, ~~MMA~~) using the 1/1/3 1-PEC1/CuCl/Bpy initiator system, under the same experimental conditions (in bulk, at 130°C);
Figures to and 11 are graphs comparing the experimental molecular weight, Mn,sec. with the theoretical molecular weight, Mn.~h, and plotting the polydispersity, MW/Mn, as a function of monomer conversion when X = X' - C1 ("C1 ATRP"; Fig. 10) and . when X = X' - Br ("Br ATRP"; Fig. 11);
Figures 12A-C show plots of In (kpapp) vs . In ( [ 1-PEC1 ] o ) , ' In (kp$pp) vs. In ( [CuCl] o) , and In (kpaQp) vs In ( [Bpy] o for St ATRP
in bulk at 130°C;
Figures 13A-C are graphs showing the effects of [CuCl]o on the initiator efficiency and the molecular weight distribution for St ATRP in bulk at 130°C;
Figures 14A-B are graphs demonstrating similar results for MA ATRP;
Figure 15 is a scheme showing an overall two-electron change in which Cu(I)C1 cleaves a carbon-halogen bond to generate a Cu(III) species, followed by insertion of the alkene into the carbon-copper(III) Q-bond and halogen ligand transfer (reductive elimination);
Figure 16 shows a putative insertion process;
Figure 17 shows a putative process involving metal coordinated radicals; and Figures 18A and 18B show two different mechanisms for the 2o generation of free radicals by reacting an organic halide with a transition metal compound, involving either halogen atom transfer (Figure 18A) or outer-sphere electron transfer (Figure 18B).

R'O 96/30421 PCT/US96/03302 DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
The present Inventors conceptualized that if (1) the , organic halide R-Mi-X resulting from an ATRA reaction is sufficiently reactive towards the transition metal Mt" and (2) the alkene monomer is in excess, a number or sequence of atom transfer radical additions (i.e., a possible '°living"/
controlled radical polymerization) may occur, as is shown in Fig. 2.
By analogy to ATRA, the present Inventors have termed this new class of radical polymerization "atom (or group) transfer radical polymerization" (or "ATRP"), which describes the involvement of (1) the atom or group transfer pathway and (2) a radical intermediate.
Living/controlled polymerization (i.e., when chain breaking reactions such as transfer and termination are substantially absent) enables control of various parameters of macromolecular structure such as molecular weight, molecular weight distribution and terminal functionalities. It also allows the preparation of various copolymers, including block 2o and star copolymers. Living/controlled radical polymerization requires a low stationary concentration of radicals, in equilibrium with various dormant species.
The present invention describes use of novel initiating systems leading to living/controlled radical polymerization.
The initiation system is based on the reversible formation of growing radicals in a redox reaction between various transition metal compounds and an initiator, exemplified by (but not limited to) alkyl halides, aralkyl halides or haloalkyl esters. Using 1-phenylethyl chloride (1-PEC1) as a model initiator, CuCl as a,model catalyst and bipyridine (Bpy) as a model ligand, a "living" radical bulk polymerization of styrene at 130°C affords the predicted molecular weight up to MI, ~ 105 with a narrow molecular weight distribution (e. g., Mw, / M" < 1. 5 ) .
A key factor in the present invention is to achieve rapid l0 exchange between growing radicals present at low stationary concentrations (in the range of from 10'9 mol/L to 10-6 mol/L, preferably 10-e mol/L to 10'6 mol/L) and dormant chains present at higher concentrations (typically in the range 10-4 mol/L to 1 mol/L, preferably l0-Z mol/L to 10-1 mol/L) . It may be desirable to "match" the initiator/catalyst/ligand system and monomers) such that these concentration ranges are achieved.
Although these concentration ranges are not essential to conducting polymerization, certain disadvantageous effects may result if the concentration ranges are exceeded. For example, if the concentration of growing radicals exceeds 10-6 mol/L, there may be too many active species in the reaction, which may lead to an undesirable increase in the rate of side reactions (e. g., radical-radical quenching, radical abstraction from species other than the catalyst system, etc.). If the concentration of growing radicals is less than 10-9 mol/L, the rate may be undesirably slow.

Similarly, if the concentration of dormant chains is less than 10-' mol/L, the molecular weight of the product polymer may increase dramatically, thus leading to a potential loss of control of the polydispersity of the product. On the other hand, if the concentration of dormant species is greater than 1 mol/L, the molecular weight of the product may become too small, and the properties of the product may more closely resemble the properties of oligomers. For example, in bulk,~a concentration of dormant chains of about 10-2 mol/L provides l0 product having a molecular weight of about 100,000 g/mol.
However, a concentration of dormant chains exceeding 1 M leads to formation of (roughly) decameric products.
The various initiating systems of the present invention work for any radically polymerizable alkene, including (meth)acrylates, styrenes and dienes. It also provides various controlled copolymers, including block, random, gradient, star, graft or "comb," hyperbranched and dendritic (co)polymers. (In the present application, "(co)polymer"
refers to a homopolymer, copolymer, or mixture thereof.) Similar systems have been used previously in organic synthesis, but have not been used for the preparation of well-defined macromolecular compounds.
In the present invention, any radically polymerizable alkene can serve as a monomer for polymerization. However, ' monomers suitable for polymerization in the present method include those of the formula:

C=C
Rz ~ Ra wherein R1 and RZ are independently selected from. the group consisting of H, halogen, CN, CF3, straight or branched alkyl of from 1 to 20 carbon atoms (preferably from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, more preferably from 1 to 4 carbon atoms), a,~i-unsaturated straight or branched alkenyl or alkynyl of 2 to 10 carbon atoms (preferably from 2 to 6 carbon atoms, more preferably from 2 to 4 carbon atoms), a,~i-unsaturated straight or branched alkenyl of 2 to 6 carbon atoms (preferably vinyl) substituted (preferably at the a-position) with a halogen (preferably chlorine), C3-C8 cycloalkyl, hetercyclyl, C(=Y)R5, C (=Y) NR6R' and YC (=Y) Re, where Y may be NRB or O (preferably O) , RS is alkyl of from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, alkoxy of from 1 to carbon atoms, aryloxy or heterocyclyloxy, R6 and R' are independently H or alkyl of from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, or R°
20 and R' may be joined together to form an alkylene group of from 2 to 5 carbon atoms, thus forming a 3- to 6-membered ring, and Re is H, straight or branched C1-CZO alkyl or aryl; and R3 and Ra are independently selected from the group consisting of H, halogen (preferably fluorine or chlorine), C1-C6 (preferably C1) alkyl and COORS (where R9 is H, an alkali metal, or a Cl-C6 alkyl group); or R1 and R' may be joined to form a group of the formula (CHZ).,, (which may be substituted with from 1 to 2n' halogen WO 96!30421 PCT/US96/03302 atoms or C1-C4 alkyl groups) or C(=O)-Y-C(=O), where n~ is from 2 to 6 (preferably 3 or 4) and Y is as defined above; and -at least two of R1, Rz, R3 and R4 are H or halogen.
In the context of the, present application, the terms "alkyl", "alkenyl" and "alkynyl" refer to straight-chain or branched groups (except for C1 and CZ groups).
Furthermore, in the present application, "aryl" refers to phenyl, naphthyl, phenanthryl, phenalenyl, anthracenyl, triphenylenyl, fluoranthenyl, pyrenyl, pentacenyl, chrysenyl, naphthacenyl, hexaphenyl, picenyl and perylenyl (preferably phenyl and naphthyl), in which each hydrogen atom may be replaced with alkyl of from 1 to 20 carbon atoms (preferably from 1 to 6 carbon atoms and more preferably methyl), alkyl of from 1 to 20 carbon atoms (preferably from 1 to 6 carbon atoms and more preferably methyl) in which each of the hydrogen atoms is independently replaced by a halide (preferably a fluoride or a chloride), alkenyl of from 2 to 20 carbon atoms, alkynyl of from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, alkoxy of from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, alkylthio of from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, C,-Ca cycloalkyl, phenyl, halogen, NH2, C1-C6-alkylamino, C1-C6-dialkylamino, and phenyl which may be substituted with from 1 to 5 halogen atoms and/or C1-C4 alkyl groups. (This definition of "aryl" also applies to the aryl groups in "aryloxy" and "aralkyl.") Thus, phenyl may be substituted from 1 to 5 times and naphthyl may be substituted from 1 to 7 times (preferably, any aryl group, if substituted, is substituted from 1 to 3 times) with one of the above substituents. More preferably, '°aryl" refers to phenyl, naphthyl, phenyl substituted from 1 to 5 times with fluorine or chlorine, and phenyl substituted from l to 3 times with a substituent selected from the group consisting of alkyl of from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, alkoxy of from 1 to 4 carbon atoms and phenyl. Most preferably, "aryl"
refers to phenyl, tolyl and methoxyphenyl.
In the context of the present invention, "heterocyclyl"
refers to pyridyl, furyl, pyrrolyl, thienyl, imidazolyl, pyrazolyl, pyrazinyl, pyrimidinyl, pyridazinyl, pyranyl, indolyl, isoindolyl, indazolyl, benzofuryl, isobenzofuryl, benzothienyl, isobenzothienyl, chromenyl, xanthenyl, purinyl, pteridinyl, quinolyl, isoquinolyl, phthalazinyl, quinazolinyl, quinoxalinyl, naphthyridinyl, phenoxathiinyl, carbazolyl, cinnolinyl, phenanthridinyl, acridinyl, 1,10-phenanthrolinyl, phenazinyl, phenoxazinyl, phenothiazinyl, oxazolyl, thiazolyl, isoxazolyl, isothiazolyl, and hydrogenated forms thereof known to those in the art. Preferred heterocyclyl groups include pyridyl, furyl, pyrrolyl, thienyl, imidazolyl, pyrazolyl, pyrazinyl, pyrimidinyl, pyridazinyl, pyranyl and indolyl, the most preferred heterocyclyl group being pyridyl. Accordingly, suitable vinyl heterocycles to be used as a monomer in the present invention include 2-vinyl pyridine, 6-vinyl pyridine, 2-vinyl pyrrole, 5-vinyl pyrrole, 2-vinyl oxazole, 5-vinyl oxazole, 2-vinyl thiazole, 5-vinyl thiazole, 2-vinyl imidazole, 5-vinyl imidazole, 3-vinyl pyrazole, 5-vinyl pyrazole, 3-vinyl pyridazine, 6-vinyl pyridazine, 3-vinyl isoxazole, 3-vinyl isothiazoles, 2-vinyl pyrimidine, 4-vinyl .
pyrimidine, 6-vinyl pyrimidine, and any vinyl pyrazine, the most preferred being 2-vinyl pyridine. The vinyl heterocycles mentioned above may bear one or more (preferably 1 or 2) C1-C6 alkyl or alkoxy groups, cyano groups, ester groups or halogen atoms, either on the vinyl group or the heterocyclyl group, but preferably on the heterocyclyl group. Further, those vinyl heterocycles which, when unsubstituted, contain an N-H
group may be protected at that position with a conventional blocking or protecting group, such as a C1-C6 alkyl group, a tris-C1-C6 alkylsilyl group, an acyl group of the formula R1°CO
(where R1° is alkyl of from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, in which each of the hydrogen atoms may be independently replaced by halide [preferably fluoride or chloride)), alkenyl of from 2 to 20 carbon atoms (preferably vinyl), alkynyl of from 2 to 10 carbon atoms (preferably acetylenyl), phenyl which may be substituted with from 1 to 5 halogen atoms or alkyl groups of from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or aralkyl (aryl-substituted alkyl, in which the aryl group is phenyl or substituted phenyl and the alkyl group is from 1 to 6 carbon atoms), etc. (This definition of "heterocyclyl" also applies to the heterocyclyl groups in "heterocyclyloxy" and "heterocyclic ring.") More specifically, preferred monomers include (meth)acrylate esters of C1-C2° alcohols, acrylonitrile, cyanoacrylate esters of C,-Cz° alcohols, didehydromalonate diesters of C1-C6 alcohols, vinyl pyridines, vinyl N-C,-C6-alkylpyrroles, vinyl oxazoles, vinyl thiazoles, vinyl pyrimidines and vinyl imidazoles, vinyl ketones in which the ' a-carbon atom of the alkyl, group does not bear a hydrogen atom (e.g., vinyl C1-C6-alkyl ketones in which both a-hydrogens are replaced with C1-C4 alkyl, halogen, etc., or a vinyl phenyl ketone in which the phenyl may be substituted with from 1 to 5 C1-C~-alkyl groups and/or halogen atoms), and styrenes which may bear a C1-C6-alkyl group on the vinyl moiety (preferably at the a-carbon atom) and from 1 to 5-(preferably from 1 to 3) substituents on the phenyl ring selected from the group consisting of Cl-C6-alkyl, C1-C6-alkenyl (preferably vinyl) , C1-C6-alkynyl (preferably acetylenyl) , Cl-C6-alkoxy, halogen, nitro, carboxy, C1-C6-alkoxycarbonyl, hydroxy protected with a C1-C6 acyl, cyano and phenyl. The most preferred monomers are methyl acrylate (MA), methyl methacrylate (MMA), butyl acrylate (BA), 2-ethylhexyl acrylate (EHA), acrylonitrile (AN) and styrene.
Suitable initiators include those of the formula:
2 0 RiiRi2RiaC-X
where:
X is selected from the group consisting of C1, Br, I, ORlo (as defined above) , SR1', SeRl4, OC(=O)R14, OP(=O)R14, OP (=O) (OR14) z, OP (=O) ORl°, O-N (R14) z and S-C (=S) N (R14) z, Where Rl' is aryl or a straight or branched C1-CZO (preferably alkyl group, or where an N(R1')z group is present, the two R14 -groups may be joined to form a 5-, 6- or 7-membered heterocyclic ring (in accordance with the definition of "heterocyclyl" above); and R11, R~z and R13 are each independently selected from the group consisting of H, halogen, C1-Czo alkyl (preferably Cl-Cio alkyl and more preferably Cl-C6 alkyl) , C3-CB cycloalkyl, C (=Y) R5, C (=Y) NR6R' (where RS-R' are as defined above) , COC1, OH
l0 (preferably only one of Rll, Rlz and R13 is OH) , CN, Cz-Czo alkenyl or alkynyl (preferably Cz-C6 alkenyl or alkynyl, and more preferably vinyl), oxiranyl, glycidyl, aryl, heterocyclyl, aralkyl, aralkenyl (aryl-substituted alkenyl, where aryl is as defined above, and alkenyl is vinyl which may 15 be substituted with one or two C1-C6 alkyl groups and/or halogen atoms [preferably chlorine]), C1-C6 alkyl in which from 1 to all of the hydrogen atoms (preferably 1) are replaced with halogen (preferably fluorine or chlorine where 1 or more hydrogen atoms are replaced, and preferably fluorine, chlorine 20 or bromine where 1 hydrogen atom is replaced) and C1-Co alkyl substituted with from 1 to 3 substituents (preferably 1) selected from the group consisting of C1-C4 alkoxy, aryl, heterocyclyl, C (=Y) RS (where RS is as defined above) , C (=Y) NR°R' (where R6 and R' are as defined above), oxiranyl and glycidyl;
25 such that no more than two of R11, Rlz and R13 are H (preferably no more than one of Rll, Rlz and Rl' is H) .

In the present initiator, X is preferably C1 or Br. C1-- containing initiators generally provide (1) a slower reaction rate and (2) higher product polydispersity than the corresponding Br-containing initiators. Thus, a Br-containing initiator is most preferred.
When an alkyl, cycloalkyl, or alkyl-substituted aryl group is selected for one of R11, RlZ and R1', the alkyl group may be further substituted with an X group as defined above.
Thus, it is possible for the initiator to serve as a starting molecule for branch or star (co)polymers. One example of such an initiator is a 2,2-bis(halomethyl)-1,3-dihalopropane (e. g., 2,2-bis(chloromethyl)-1,3-dichloropropane, 2,2-bis(bromomethyl)-1,3-dibromopropane), and a preferred example is where one of R11, R12 and R1' is phenyl substituted with from one to five Cl-C6 alkyl substituents, each of which may independently be further substituted with a X group (e. g., a,a'-dibromoxylene, hexakis(a-chloro- or a-bromomethyl)-benzene).
Preferred initiators include 1-phenylethyl chloride and 1-phenylethyl bromide (e. g. , where R11 = Ph, R1z = CH3, R13 = H
and X = C1 or Br), chloroform, carbon tetrachloride, 2-chloropropionitrile, C1-C6-alkyl esters of a 2-halo-C1-C6-carboxylic acid (such as 2-chloropropionic acid, 2-bromopropionic acid, 2-chloroisobutyric acid, 2-' 25 bromoisobutyric acid, etc.) and compounds of the formula C6Hx(CHzY')Y, where Y' is C1 or Br, x + y = 6 and y > 1. More preferred initiators include 1-phenylethyl chloride, 1-phenylethyl bromide, methyl 2-chloropropionate, ethyl 2-chloropropionate, methyl 2-bromopropionate, ethyl 2-bromoisobutyrate, a,a'-dic~loroxylene, a,a'-dibromoxylene and hexakis(a-bromomethyl)benzene.
Any transition metal compound which can participate in a redox cycle with the initiator and dormant polymer chain, but which does not form a direct carbon-metal bond with the polymer chain, is suitable for use in the present invention.
Preferred transition metal compounds are those of the formula M~°'X' n , where Mtn' may be selected from the group consisting of Cul', Cuz' , Fez' , Fe3' , Ruz' , Ru3' , Crz' , Cr3' , Mo° , Mo' , Moz' , Mo3' , Wz' , W3', Rh'', Rh'', CO', Coz', Rez', Re3', Nl°, N7.', Mn3', Mn4', Vz', V3', Zn', Znz', Au', Auz', Ag' and Agz';
X' is selected from the group consisting of halogen, C1-C6-alkoxy, (S04) liz, (POa) 1/3, (HPOa) liz, (HzP04) , triflate, hexafluorophosphate, methanesulfonate, arylsulfonate (preferably benzenesulfonate or toluenesulfonate), SeRl4, CN
2 0 and RlSCOz , where R1' is as def fined above and R15 is H or a straight or branched C1-C6 alkyl group (preferably methyl) which may be substituted from 1 to 5 times with a halogen (preferably 1 to 3 times with fluorine or chlorine); and n is the formal charge on the metal (e.g., 0 < n < 7).
Suitable ligands for use in the present invention include ' ligands having one or more nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus and/or sulfur atoms which can coordinate to the transition metal through a o-bond, ligands containing two or more carbon atoms which can coordinate to the transition metal through a ~r-bond, and ligands which can coordinate to the transition metal through a ~-bond or a ~-bond. However, preferred N-, O-, P
and S- containing ligands may have one of the following formulas:
Ris-Z-Rm Ris-Z- (Rie-Z) m-Rm l0 where:
R16 and R1' are independently selected from the group consisting of H, C1-Czo alkyl, aryl, heterocyclyl, and C1-C6 alkyl substituted with Cl-C6 alkoxy, Cl-C4 dialkylamino, C (=Y) R5, C (=Y) R6R' and YC (=Y) Re, where Y, R5, R6, R' and RB are as defined above; or R16 and R1' can be joined to form a saturated, unsaturated or heterocyclic ring as described above for the "heterocyclyl"
group;
Z is O, S, NR19 or PR19, where R19 is selected from the same group as Rls and Rl', each Rl8 is independently a divalent group selected from the group consisting of Cz-C4 alkylene (alkanediyl) and C2-C4 alkenylene where the covalent bonds to each Z are at vicinal positions (e. g., in a 1,2-arrangement) or at ~3-positions (e. g., in a 1,3-arrangement), and from C,-C8 cycloalkanediyl, C3-Ce cycloalkenediyl, arenediyl and heterocyclylene where the covalent bonds to each Z are at vicinal positions; and m is from 1 to 6.
In addition to the above ligands, each of R'-6-Z and. R1'-Z
can form a ring with the R18 group to which the Z is bound to form a linked or fused heterocyclic ring system (such as is described above for "heterocyclyl"). Alternatively, when R1s and/or R1' are heterocyclyl, Z can be a covalent bond (which may be single or double), CHZ or a 4- to 7-membered ring fused to R16 and/or R1', in addition to the definitions given above for Z. Exemplary ring systems for the present ligand include bipyridine, bipyrrole, 1,10-phenanthroline, a cryptand, a crown ether, etc.
Where Z is PR19, R19 can also be C1-C2°-alkoxy.
Also included as suitable ligands in the present invention are CO (carbon monoxide), porphyries and porphycenes, the latter two of which may be substituted with from 1 to 6 (preferably from 1 to 4) halogen atoms, C1-C6 alkyl groups , C1-C6-alkoxy groups , C1-C6 alkoxycarbonyl , aryl groups , heterocyclyl groups, and C1-C6 alkyl groups further substituted with from 1 to 3 halogens.
Further ligands suitable for use in the present invention include compounds of the formula R2°R21C (C (=Y) RS) 2, where Y and RS are as defined above, and each of RZ° and R21 is independently selected from the group consisting of H, halogen, C1-CZ° alkyl, aryl and heterocyclyl, and RZ° and Rzl may be joined to form a C3-CB cycloalkyl ring or a hydrogenated (i.e., reduced, non-aromatic or partially or fully saturated) aromatic or heterocyclic ring (consistent with the definitions of "aryl" and "heterocyclyl" above), any of which (except for H and halogen) may be further substituted with 1 to 5 and preferably 1 to 3 C1-C6 alkyl groups, C1-C6 alkoxy groups, halogen atoms and/or aryl groups. Preferably, one of Rz° and Rzl is H or a negative charge.
Additional suitable ligands include, for example, ethylenediamine and propylenediamine, both of which may be substituted from one to four times on the amino nitrogen atom with a C1-Cq alkyl group or a carboxymethyl group; aminoethanol and aminopropanol, both of which may be substituted from one to three times on the oxygen and/or nitrogen atom with a C1-C,, alkyl group; ethylene glycol and propylene glycol, both of which may be substituted one or two times on the oxygen atoms with a C1-C4 alkyl group; diglyme, triglyme, tetraglyme, etc.
Suitable carbon-based ligands include arenes (as described above for the "aryl" group) and the cyclopentadienyl ligand. Preferred carbon-based ligands include benzene (which may be substituted with from one to six C1-Cq alkyl groups [e. g., methyl]) and cyclopentadienyl (which may be-substituted with from one to five methyl groups, or which may be linked through an ethylene or propylene chain to a second cyclopentadienyl ligand). Where the cyclopentadienyl ligand is used, it may not be necessary to include a counteranion (X~) in the transition metal compound. ' Preferred ligands include unsubstituted and substituted pyridines and bipyridines ,(where the substituted pyridines and bipyridines are as described above for "heterocyclyl"), acetonitrile, (R1°O)3P, PR1°3, 1,10-phenanthroline, porphyrin, cryptands such as K222 and crown ethers such as 18-crown-6.
The most preferred ligands are bipyridine and (R1°O)3P~
In the present polymerization, the amounts and relative proportions of initiator, transition metal compound and ligand are those effective to conduct ATRP. Initiator efficiencies with the present initiator/transition metal compound/ligand system are generally very good (at least 50%, preferably >
80%, more preferably > 90%). Accordingly, the amount of initiator can be selected such that the initiator concentration is from 10-" M to 1 M, preferably 10-'-10-1 M.
Alternatively, the initiator can be present in a molar ratio of from 10-':1 to 10'1:1, preferably from 10'3:1 to 5 x 10-Z:1, relative to monomer. An initiator concentration of 0.1-1 M is particularly useful for preparing end-functional polymers.
The molar proportion of transition metal compound relative to initiator is generally that which is effective to polymerize the selected monomer(s), but may be from 0.0001:1 to 10:1, preferably from 0.1:1 to 5:1, more preferably from 0.3:1 to 2:1, and most preferably from 0.9:1 to 1.1:1. "
Conducting the polymerization in a homogeneous system may permit reducing the concentration of transition metal and ' ligand such that the molar proportion of transition metal compound to initiator is as low as 0.001:1.
Similarly, the molar proportion of ligand relative to transition metal compound is generally that which is effective to polymerize the selected monomer(s), but can depend upon the number of coordination sites on the transition metal compound which the selected ligand will occupy. (One of ordinary skill understands the number of coordination sites on a given l0 transition metal compound which a selected ligand will occupy.) The amount of ligand may be selected such that the ratio of (a) coordination sites on the transition metal compound to (b) coordination sites which the ligand will occupy is from 0.1:1 to 100:1, preferably from 0.2:1 to 10:1, more preferably from 0.5:1 to 3:1, and most preferably from 0.8:1 to 2:1. However, as is also known in the art, it is possible for a solvent or for a monomer to act as a ligand.
For the purposes of this application, a monomer is treated as being (a) distinct from and (b) not included within the scope of the ligand.
The present polymerization may be conducted in the absence of solvent ("bulk" polymerization). However, when a . solvent is used, suitable solvents include ethers, cyclic ethers, CS-Clo alkanes, CS-Ce cycloalkanes which may be substituted with from 1 to 3 CI-CQ alkyl groups, aromatic hydrocarbon solvents, halogenated hydrocarbon solvents, acetonitrile, dimethylformamide, mixtures of such solvents, and supercritical solvents (such as COZ, C1-C4 alkanes in which -any H may be replaced with F, etc.). The present polymerization may also be conducted in accordance with known suspension, emulsion and precipitation polymerization processes.
Suitable ethers include compounds of the formula RZZORZ3, in which each of R22 and R'3 is independently an alkyl group of from 1 to 6 carbon atoms which may be further substituted with a C1-C4-alkoxy group. Preferably, when one of R22 and R23 is methyl, the other of Rz2 and R23 is alkyl of from 4 to 6 carbon atoms or C1-C4-alkoxyethyl. Examples include diethyl ether, ethyl propyl ether, dipropyl ether, methyl t-butyl ether, di-t-butyl ether, glyme (dimethoxyethane), diglyme (diethylene glycol dimethyl ether), etc.
Suitable cyclic ethers include THF and dioxane. Suitable aromatic hydrocarbon solvents include benzene, toluene, o-xylene, m-xylene, p-xylene and any isomer or mixture of isomers of cumene. Suitable halogenated hydrocarbon solvents include CHzClz, 1,2-dichloroethane and benzene substituted from 1 to 6 times with fluorine and/or chlorine, although one should ensure that the selected halogenated hydrocarbon solvents) does not act as an initiator under the reaction conditions.
Keys to controlling the polymerization reaction may include (1) matching the reactivity of the groups in the WO 96!30421 PCT/US96/03302 initiator (R11, Rlz and R13 ) with the group ( s ) on the monomer (Rl-R4), and (2) matching the energetics of bond breaking and bond forming in dormant species (e. g., dormant polymer chains) and transition metal species (as discussed elsewhere in the specification). Matching the reactivities of the initiator with the monomer depends to some degree on the radical stabilizing effects of the substituents. Thus, where the monomer is a simple alkene or halogenated alkene (e. g., ethylene, propylene, vinyl chloride, etc.), one may select an alkyl halide initiator (e.g., where two or three of R11, Rlz and R13 are C1-C6 alkyl) . On the other hand, if one wishes to polymerize an arene- or ester-stabilized monomer (e.g., a (meth)acrylate, acrylonitrile or styrene), one may select an initiator which is stabilized by a similar group (wherein one of R11, Rlz and R13 is aryl, heterocyclyl, alkoxycarbonyl, CN, carboxyamido [C(=O)NR6R'], etc.). Such "matching" of substituents on the initiator and monomer provides a beneficial balance of the relative reactivities of the initiator and monomer.
Preferably, the monomer, initiator, transition metal compound and ligand are selected such that the rate of initiation is not less than 1,000 times (preferably not less than 100 times) slower than the rate of propagation and/or transfer of the X group to the polymer radical. (In the present application, "propagation" refers to the reaction of a WO 96!30421 PCT/US96/03302 polymer radical with a monomer to form a polymer-monomer adduct radical.) , The present polymerization may be conducted in bulk, in the gas phase (e. g., by passing the monomer in the gas phase over a bed of the catalyst which has been previously contacted with the initiator and ligand), in a sealed vessel or in an autoclave. Polymerizing may be conducted at a temperature of from -78° to 200°, preferably from 0° to 160° and most preferably from 80° to 140°. The reaction should be conducted for a length of time sufficient to convert at least 10%
(preferably at least 50%, more preferably at least 75% and most preferably at least 90%) of the monomer to polymer.
Typically, the reaction time will be from several minutes to 5 days, preferably from 30 minutes to 3 days, and most preferably from 1 to 24 hours. Polymerizing may be conducted at a pressure of from 0.1 to 100 atmospheres, preferably from 1 to 50 atmospheres and most preferably from 1 to 10 atmospheres (although the pressure may not be measurable directly if conducted in a sealed vessel).
One may also conduct a "reverse" ATRP, in which the transition metal compound is in its oxidized state, and the polymerization is initiated by, for example, a radical initiator such as azobis(isobutyronitrile) ("AIBN"), a peroxide such as benzoyl peroxide (BPO) or a peroxy acid such as peroxyacetic acid or peroxybenzoic acid. The radical -initiator is believed to initiate "reverse" ATRP in the following fashion:
I-I > 2 I' I' ,+ Mtn.~Xn <-' I-X + MC°X~_1 I' + M > I-M' I-M' + Mtn'1Xn <-' I-M-X + MC°Xn_1 I-M' + n M > I-Mn,l I-Mn.~ + Iuj~~.~Xn <-' I-Mn.WX + MC°X"_~
where "I" is the initiator, Mt°Xn-1 is the transition metal l0 compound, M is the monomer, and I-M-X and MC"Xn_1 Participate in "conventional" or "forward" ATRP in the manner described above.
After the polymerizing step is complete, the formed polymer is isolated. The isolating step of the present 15 process is conducted by known procedures, and may comprise precipitating in a suitable solvent, filtering the precipitated polymer, washing the polymer and drying the polymer.
Precipitation can be typically conducted using a suitable 20 CS-Ce-alkane or CS-Ce-cycloalkane solvent, such as pentane, hexane, heptane, cyclohexane or mineral spirits, or using a C:-C6-alcohol, such as methanol, ethanol or isopropanol, or any mixture of suitable solvents. Preferably, the solvent for precipitating is hexane, mixtures of hexanes, or methanol.

The precipitated (co)polymer can be filtered by gravity or by vacuum filtration, in accordance with known methods (e. g., using a Biichner funnel and an aspirator). The polymer can then be washed with the solvent used to precipitate the polymer, if desired. The steps of precipitating, filtering and washing may be repeated, as desired.
Once isolated, the (co)polymer may be dried by drawing air through the (co)polymer, by vacuum, etc., in accordance with known methods (preferably by vacuum). The present (co)polymer may be analyzed and/or characterized by size exclusion chromatography, in accordance with known procedures.
Polymers produced by the present process may be useful in general as molding materials (e. g., polystyrene containers) and as barrier or surface materials (e. g., poly(methyl methacrylate), or PMMA, is well-known in this regard as PLEXIGLAST'"). However, the polymers produced by the present process, which typically will have more uniform properties than polymers produced by conventional radical polymerization, will be most suitable for use in specialized applications.
For example, block copolymers of polystyrene and polyacrylate (e. g., PSt-PA-PSt triblock copolymers) are useful thermoplastic elastomers. Poly(methyl methacrylate)-polyacrylate triblock copolymers (e.g., PIMA-PA-PIMA) are useful, fully acrylic thermoplastic elastomers. Homo- and copolymers of styrene, (meth)acrylates and/or acrylonitrile are useful plastics, elastomers and adhesives. Either block or random copolymers of styrene and a (meth)acrylate or acrylonitrile may be useful thermoplastic elastomers having high solvent resistance.
Furthermore, block copolymers in which the blocks alternate between polar monomers and non-polar monomers produced by the present invention are useful amphiphilic surfactants or dispersants for making highly uniform polymer blends. Star polymers produced by the present process are useful high-impact (co)polymers. (For example, STYROLUXT", and anionically-polymerized styrene-butadiene star block copolymer, is a known, useful high-impact copolymer.) The (co)polymers of the present invention may have a number average molecular weight of from 1,000 to 500,000 g/mol, preferably of from 2,000 to 250,000 g/mol, and more preferably of from 3,000 to 200,000 g/mol. When produced in bulk, the number average molecular weight may be up to 1,000,000 (with the same minimum weights as mentioned above).
The number average molecular weight may be determined by size exclusion chromatography (SEC) or, when the initiator has a group which can be easily distinguished from the monomers) by NMR spectroscopy (e.g., when 1-phenylethyl chloride is the initiator and methyl methacrylate is the monomer).
Thus, the present invention also encompasses novel block, multi-block, star, gradient, random hyperbranched and dendritic copolymers, as well as graft or "comb" copolymers.

Each of the these different types of copolymers will be described hereunder.
Because ATRP is a "living" polymerization, it can be started and stopped, practically at will. Further. the polymer product retains the functional group "X" necessary to initiate a further polymerization. Thus, in one embodiment, once the first monomer is consumed in the initial polymerizing step, a second monomer can then be added to form a second block on.the growing polymer chain in a second polymerizing step. Additional polymerizations with the same or different monomers) can be performed to prepare multi-block copolymers.
Furthermore, since ATRP is radical polymerization, blocks can be prepared in essentially any order. One is not necessarily limited to preparing block copolymers where the sequential polymerizing steps must flow from the least stabilized polymer intermediate to the most stabilized polymer intermediate, such as is necessary in ionic polymerization.
(However, as is described throughout the application, certain advantageous reaction design choices will become apparent.
However, one is not limited to those advantageous reaction design choices in the present invention.) Thus, one can prepare a multi-block copolymer in which a polyacrylonitrile or a poly(meth)acrylate block is prepared first, then a styrene or butadiene block is attached thereto, etc.
Furthermore, a linking group is not necessary to join the different blocks of the present block copolymer. One can WO 96/30421 PCTlLTS96/03302 simply add successive monomers to form successive blocks.
. Further, it is also possible (and in some cases advantageous) to first isolate a (co)polymer produced by the present ATRP
process, then react the polymer with an additional monomer using a different initiator/catalyst system (to "match" the reactivity of the growing polymer chain with the new monomer).
In such a case, the product polymer acts as the new initiator for the further polymerization of the additional monomer.
Thus, the present invention also encompasses block copolymers of the formula:
RiiRizRiaC- (Mi) - (Mz ) -X

RiiRizRi3C- (Mi) P- (Mz) q- (Ma) r-X
RiiRizRi3C- (Mi) P- (Mz) q- (M3) r-. . . - (Mu) 5-X
wherein Rll , Rlz , R13 and X are as def fined above ; Ml , Mz , M3 , . . .
up to M" are each a radically polymerizable monomer (as defined above) selected such that the monomers in adjacent blocks are not identical (although monomers in non-adjacent blocks may be identical) and p, q, r,... up to s are independently selected such that the number average molecular weight of each block is from 1,000 to 250,000 g/mol. After an appropriate end group conversion reaction (conducted in accordance with known methods), X may also be, for example, H, OH, N" NHz, COOH or CONHz .

Where the R11R1zR13C group of the initiator contains a second "X" group, the block copolymers may have one of the following formulas:
X- (Mz) q_ (M1) P- (RilRizRi3C) _ (Mi) P_ (Mz) Q_X
X- (M3) r' (Mz) q- (Ml) P- (RlRizRiaC) _ (Mi) P_ (Mz) q_ (M3) r_X
X- (M°) s-. . . - (M3) r- (Mz) q- (Ml) P- (RmRizRmC_ (Mi) P_ (Mz) q_ (M3) r_. . . - (Mu) S_X
wherein Rll, Rlz, R13, X, Ml, Mz, M', . . . up to M", and p, q, r, . . .
up to s are as defined above.
The present invention is also useful for making essentially random copolymers. By "essentially random"
copolymers, the copolymers are as close to statistically random as is possible under radical polymerization conditions.
The present ATRP process is particularly useful for producing random copolymers where one of the monomers has one or two bulky substituents (e. g., 1,1-diarylethylene, didehydromalonate C1-Czo diesters, C1-Czo diesters of malefic or fumaric acid, malefic anhydride and/or malefic diimides [where Y
is NRe as defined above], etc.), from which homopolymers may be difficult to prepare, due to steric considerations. Thus, the present invention also concerns a random copolymer of the formula:
RiiRizRi3C_(Mi_Mz) _(Mz_M1) -(M1-Mz) _...-( -M~' -X
P 4 r ~ ) s or (RiiRiaRi3C) _ C (M1-M~ ) ~,- (MZ-M1 ) ~- (M1-Mz) r-. . . - (M,.-My) s-X
where Rll, Rlz, R13 and X are as defined for the block copolymer above, M1 and Mz are different radically-polymerizable monomers (as defined above) , and M" is one of Ml and Mz and MY is the other of M1 and Mz. However, p, q, r,... up to s are independently selected such that the number average molecular weight of the copolymer is from 1,000 to 1,000,000 g/mol, preferably from 2,000 to 250,000, and more preferably from 3,000 to 150,000 g/mol. The ratio of (1) the total number of "blocks" of statistically random units to (2) the total number of monomer units is preferably at least 1:5, more preferably at least 1:8, and most preferably at least 1:10. The present random copolymer can also serve as a block in any of the present block copolymers.
Preferably, at least one of Ml and Mz has the formula:

\ /
C=C
Rz \Ra wherein at least one of Rl and Rz is CN, CF3, straight or branched alkyl of from 4 to 20 carbon atoms (preferably from 4 to l0 carbon atoms, more preferably from 4 to 8 carbon atoms), C3-Ce cycloalkyl, aryl, heterocyclyl, C (=Y) RS, C (=Y) NR6R' and YC (=Y) Re, where aryl, heterocyclyl, Y, R5, R6, R' and Re are as defined above; and R3 and R' are as defined above; or Rl and R3 are joined to form a group of the formula C (=O) - -Y-C(=O), where Y is as defined above.
More preferred monomers for the present include styrene, acrylonitrile, C1-C8 esters of (meth)acrylic acid and 1,1-diphenylethylene.
The present invention is also useful for .forming so-called "star" polymers and copolymers. Thus, where the initiator has three or more "X" groups, each of the "X" groups can serve as a polymerization initiation site. Thus. the present invention also encompasses star (co)polymers of the formula:
(R11~R12'R13'C)-[ (Ml)p_X~z (Rll~Riz~R13~C) -[ (Ml) ~,- (Mz) q-X~ z (Rll~R12~R13~C)-[ (Ml)P-(M2)q-(M3)r-X)z 11 12' 13~ 1 2 3 (R ~R R C)-[ (M )p-(M )q-(M )_-...-(M )S-X]Z
where Rll~ , R12~ and R13~ are the same as Rll, R12 and R13 with the proviso that Rll~ , R12' and R13~ combined contain from 2 to 5 X
groups; X is as defined for the block copolymer above; M1, Mz, M3,... M" are as defined above for the present block copolymers; and z is from 3 to 6.
Initiator suitable for use in preparing the present star (co) polymers are those in which the RllRizRl3C group possesses at ' least two substituents which can be "X" (as defined above).

WO 96!30421 PCT/US96/03302 Preferably, these substituents are identical to "X". Examples s of such initiators include chloroform, carbon tetrachloride, [insert examples from above]. Preferred initiators of this ' type include 2,2-bis(chloromethyl)-1,3-dichloropropane, 2,2-bis(bromomethyl)-1,3-dibromopropane), a,a',a"-trichloro- and a,a',a"-tribromocumene, and hexakis(a-chloro- and a-bromomethyl)benzene), the most preferred being hexakis(a-bromomethyl)benzene.
In the present copolymers, each of the blocks may have a l0 number average molecular weight in accordance with the homopolymers described above. Thus, the present copolymers may have a molecular weight which corresponds to the number of blocks (or in the case of star polymers, the number of branches times the number of blocks) times the number average molecular weight range for each block.
The present invention also encompasses graft or "comb"
copolymers, prepared by sequential ATRP's. Thus, a (co)polymer is produced by a first ATRP, in which at least one of the monomers has a R1-R" substituent which is encompassed by the description of the "X" group above. Preferably this substituent is C1 or Br. Examples of preferred monomers would thus include vinyl chloride, 1- or 2- chloropropene, vinyl bromide, 1,1- or 1,2-dichloro- or dibromoethene, trichloro- or tribromoethylene, tetrachloro- or tetrabromoethylene, chloroprene, 1-chlorobutadiene, 1- or 2-bromodutadiene, etc.
More preferred monomers include vinyl chloride, vinyl bromide and chloroprene. It may be necessary to hydrogenate (by known methods) a (co)polymer produced in the first ATRP of chloroprene prior to the second ATRP, using the polymer produced by the first ATRP,as the initiator.
Gradient or tapered copolymers can be produced using ATRP
by controlling the proportion of two or more monomers being added. For example, one can prepare a first block (or a oligomer) of a first monomer, then a mixture of the first monomer and a second, distinct monomer can be added in l0 proportions of from, for example, 1:1 to 9:1 of first monomer to second monomer. After conversion of all monomers) is complete, sequential additions of first monomer-second monomers mixtures can provide subsequent "blocks" in which the proportions of first monomer to second monomer vary. Thus, the present invention also encompasses a copolymer of the formula:
RllRizRiaC- (MlaM2b) - (Ml~MZa) - (MleM2f ) -. . . - (M M M M -X
19 2h) - ( ii 27) where R11, R12, Ria and X are as defined for the block copolymer above, M1 and M2 are different radically-polymerizable monomers (as defined above), and a, b, c, d, e, f,... up to g and h are non-negative numbers independently selected such that a + b =
c + d = 100, and any or all of (e + f), (g + h) and (i + j) 100 or 0, wherein the a:b ratio is from 100:0 to 0:100, the c:d ratio is from 95:5 to 5:95 (preferably from 90:10 to 10:90), such that c < a and d > b, and where applicable, the e:f ratio is from 90:10 to 10:90 (preferably from 80:20 to 20:80), such that a < c and f > d, and depending on the number of blocks, the endpoints of the molar ratio ranges of first monomer to second monomer in successive blocks may progressively decrease or increase by 5 (preferably by 10) such that the e:f ratio is from 5:95 to 95:5 (preferably from 10:90 to 90:10), such that a ~ c and f ~ d, and the i:j ratio is from 0:100 to 100:0, such that i x a and j x f.
Preferably, the proportions of first and second monomers in subsequent "blocks" vary by at least 10% (e.g., c = a ~ to and b = d ~ 10), preferably by at least 20%, up to 50%, from the preceding block. In a further embodiment, the relative proportions of first monomer to second monomer can be controlled in a continuous manner, using for example a programmable syringe or feedstock supply pump.
When either the initiator or monomer contains a substituent bearing a remote (i.e., unconjugated) ethylene or acetylene moiety, ATRP can be used to prepare cross-linked polymers and copolymers.
Polymers and copolymers produced by the present process have surprisingly low polydispersity for (co)polymers produced by radical polymerization. Typically, the ratio of the weight average molecular weight to number average molecular weight ("M",/Mn") is < 1.5, preferably < 1.4, and can be as low as 1.10 or less.

WO 96!30421 PCT/ITS96I03302 Because the "living" (co)polymer chains retain an initiator fragment including X or X' as an end group, or in -one embodiment, as a substituent in a monomeric unit of the polymer chain, they may be considered end-functional or in-s chain functional (co)polymers. Such (co)polymers may be used directly or be converted to other functional groups for further reactions, including crosslinking, chain extension, reactive injection molding (RIM), and preparation of other types of polymers (such as polyurethanes, polyimides, etc.).
The present invention provides the following advantages:
-- A larger number and wider variety of monomers can be polymerized by radical polymerization, relative to ionic and other chain polymerizations;
-- Polymers and copolymers produced by the present process exhibit a low polydispersity (e.g., Mw/Mn 1.5, preferably < 1.4, more preferably < 1.25, and most preferably, < 1.10), thus ensuring a greater degree of uniformity in the (co)polymer properties;
-- One can select an initiator which provides an end group having the same structure as the repeating polymer units (1-phenylethyl chloride as initiator and styrene as monomer);
-- The present process provides high conversion of monomer and high initiator efficiency;
-- The present process exhibits excellent "living"
character, thus facilitating the preparation of block copolymers which cannot be prepared by ionic processes;
-- Polymers produced by the present process are well-defined and highly uniform, comparable to polymers produced by living ionic polymerization;
-- End-functional initiators (e. g., containing COON, OH, NO2, etc., groups) can be used to provide an end-functional polymer in one pot;
-- , The end functionality of the (co)polymers produced l0 by the present process (e. g., C1, Br, I, CN, CO2R) can be easily converted to other functional groups (e.g., C1, Br and I can be converted to OH or NHZ by known processes, and CN or COZR can be hydrolyzed to form a carboxylic acid by known processes), thus facilitating their use in chain extension processes (e. g., to form long-chain polyamides, polyurethanes and/or polyesters); and -- In some cases (e.g., where "X" is C1, Br and I), the end functionality of the polymers produced by the present process can be reduced by known methods to provide end groups having the same structure as the repeating polymer units.
Hereinbelow, studies conducted by the present Inventors on ATRP to investigate the various parameters which affect ATRP will be described. Exemplary experimental protocols will follow.

A number of commercially available alkyl halides, R-X, combined with Cu(I)X'/Bpy, where X = X' - C1 or Br, can be used as efficient model initiator systems for the atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) of styrene, (meth)acrylates and other radically polymerizable monomers.
The effects of various parameters in ATRP will be discussed hereinbelow to provide guidance as to the efficient control of radical polymerization.
Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization of Styrene and (Meth)acrylates Initiated with an Alkyl Halide, R-X, and in the Presence of CuX', Complexed by 2,2'-Bipyridine. Using 1-phenylethyl chloride (hereinafter "1-PEC1") as an initiator, one molar equivalent of Cu(I)C1 as a catalyst, and three molar equivalents of 2,2'-bipyridine (hereinafter "Bpy") as a ligand (both equivalents of catalyst and ligand being relative to 1-PEC1) in a model system, the so-called atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) of styrene (hereinafter "St") proceeds in a "living°' fashion at 130°C. Similarly, using various 1:1:3 R-X:CuX':Bpy initiator systems, the atom transfer radical polymerization of styrene and various (meth)acrylates at different temperatures also affords the product polymers with the predicted molecular weight (up to Mn > 105), having , excellent low polydispersity (as low as 1.15; see Table 1 below).

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WO 96/30421 PCTlUS96l03302 As an illustrative example of the controlled character of the ATRP of (meth)acrylic esters, Figure 3 presents the kinetics of methyl acrylate ("MA") bulk polymerization at 130°C, initiated With 1-PEC1 in the presence of Cu(I)C1 (1 equiv.) and Bpy (3 equiv.). The straight semilogarithmic kinetic plot of ln([M]o/[M]) vs. time ("t", in minutes) indicates that the concentration of growing radicals is constant, and that termination reactions are minimal.
Moreover, the experimental molecular weight, Mn,sac.
l0 increases with monomer conversion (Figure 4) and matches the theoretical molecular weight, Mn,~h (Figure 5), as calculated by eq. 1:
Mn = (~(I"~~ / (R-X]o) x (MW)o (1) where D[M] represents the concentration of consumed monomer MA, [R-X]o represents the initial concentration of 1-PECl, and (MW)o represents the molecular weight of MA. These results provide evidence that 1-PEC1 acts as an efficient initiator, and that the number of active chains remains practically unchanged during the MA polymerization. Thus, termination and transfer side reactions, if they exist, are not significant.
Both of these results suggest that the ATRP of MA is a "living" process.
Furthermore, a series of bulk ATRP~s of MA was carried out at 130°C, using various monomer/initiator molar ratios, LM~]o/L1-PEC1]o, and a constant ligand/catalyst/initiator molar ratio of 3/1/1. Figure 6 shows the correlation of the experimental molecular weights, Mn,sec. with the theoretical molecular weights, Mn,th_, calculated by eq. (1)., A linear plot is obtained in the molecular weight range of from 1.5 x 10' to 1.35 x 105. The slope of the straight line is 0.95, thus indicating a high initiator efficiency. These results again support a "living" process of MA polymerization initiated with 1:1:3 1-PECI:CuCI:Bpy.
End Group Analysis of Polymers obtained by Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization. The nature of the chain ends of low molecular weight polystyrene synthesized by the ATRP technique was analyzed by means of 1H NMR spectroscopy. Figure 7 presents the 1H NMR spectra of PSt which was prepared at 13o°C
using 2-chloropropionitrile as an initiator, in the presence of one molar equiv. of CuCl and 3 molar equiv. of Bpy. Two broad signals at 4.2-4.4 ppm are assigned to two different stereoisomers (m and r) of end group a in the anticipated structure 1. Moreover, two additional broad bands at 0.85 and 0.96 ppm in Figure 7 represent two stereoisomers (m and r) of the end group d.
Comparison of the integration values for the two end group resonances in the 1H NMR spectrum (Figure 7) shows a 3:1 molar ratio of a and d. This may suggest that the St polymerization was initiated with 2-propionitrile radicals and was efficiently deactivated with an equimolar amount of chlorine atoms (relative to the 1-propionitrile group).
Moreover, comparison of the integration of the end groups with phenyl groups, e, at 6.5 ppm to 7.3 ppm, and to other groups, b and c, in the backbone of the polystyrene chain at 1.2 ppm to 2.5 ppm gave a molecular weight similar to the one obtained from the SEC measurement (Mn,~ - 2000 vs. Mn,ssc - 2100) , indicating a quantitative initiation by 2-chloropropionitrile.
This result shows a high initiator efficiency in ATRP.
Stereochemistry of Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization.
To better understand the mechanism of ATRP, the stereochemistry of MMA polymerization was investigated.
The tacticity of poly(methyl methacrylate), PMMA, was calculated from the 13C NMR of the C=O group and the quaternary carbon atom, and from the 1H NMR of the cz-methyl group. The 1'C NMR resonances of the C=O group and the quaternary carbon atom are recorded in the regions 175-179 ppm and 44-46.5 ppm, respectively, with respect to the reference peak of CDC13 at 77.2 ppm. The assignment of the 13C signals was performed to Peat and Reynolds (see Bamford, Reactivity, Mechanism and Structure in Polymer Chemistry, Jenkins, A. D. and Ledwith, A., eds, John Wiley & Sons, London (1974), p. 52; and Peat et al, Tetrahedron Lett.,.1972, 14, 1359).
Figure 8A displays the 13C NMR spectra of the C=O group .
and the quaternary carbon atom of PMMA prepared at 100°C using methyl 2-bromoisobutyrate ("2-MiBBr"), CuBr and Bpy in a 1/1/3 molar ratio, and Figure 8B displays the 13C NMR spectra of the C=0 group and the quaternary carbon atom of PMMA prepared ' using a classic radical initiator, AIBN. Both spectra are almost identical. Indeed, up to a pentad sequence, PMMAs prepared using a classic radical initiator such as AIBN or BPO
and various ATRP initiator systems have the same compositions, within the limits of experimental error (see Table 2 below).
Moreover, the stereochemistry for PMMA prepared by ATRP
l0 appears to be consistent with a Bernoullian process, as indicated by a p value of - 1. These results indicate the presence of the same type of active species in the present Cu(I)X'-catalyzed polymerization and in conventional free radical polymerization. The similarities in stereochemistry and regiochemistry observed in the present results are consistent with the results observed in Bu3SnH-mediated radical cyclizations and in Cu(I)-catalyzed chlorine transfer cyclizations reported by others (see (a) Bellus, D. Pure &
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Effect of the Structure of the Initiator on Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization. Table 3 reports the data for the ATRP

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g a a 11 as initiator, catalyst, and ligand, respectively. Initiators which possess either inductive or resonance- stabilizing , substituents (e.g., two or more halogen atoms in addition to the Cl transfer atom, CN, BOOR, and/or aryl [Ph]) can serve as efficient mono- or bi- functional initiators (i.e, providing high initiator efficiency ["f" > 0.9] and narrow molecular weight distribution [e.g. , MW/Mn -- 1.25-1.5) ) .
In contrast, simple alkyl chlorides as butyl chloride, C,,H9C1, and dichloromethane, CHzCl2, do not work well with St, giving uncontrolled polymers with unexpectedly high molecular weights and broad molecular weight distribution. These results are very similar to those obtained under similar conditions in the absence of initiator (see Table 3 below).
These results indicate very poor efficiency of C4H9C1 and CHZClz as initiators for the ATRP of St.
The results shown in Table 3 may be tentatively correlated with the carbon-halide bond strength or bond dissociation energy (BDE). For initiators having a high BDE, such as C~H9C1 and CHZClz (see Wana et al, Macromolecules, 1993, 26, 5984; and Baumcrarten et al, Macromolecules, 1991, 24, 353), the chloride atom transfer from the initiator to Cu(I)C1 appears to be very difficult because of the strong carbon-chlorine bonds. Introduction of an inductive or resonance-stabilizing substituent into the initiator reduces the BDE of the C-C1 bond (Wancr et al and Baumgarten et al, supra), and .
the generation of initiating radicals by chlorine atom transfer becomes facile and efficient, resulting in a high initiator efficiency and narrow MWD in the ATRP of St.

Styrene ATRP, Using Various Initiators in the a Presence of CuCl (1 molar equiv.) and Bpy (3 molar equiv.) [In'70 Initiator ( 103 M) Mn, thb 1"~,,sec M",/M=, - - - 134,700 1.95 C4H9C1 0.082 10,000 111,500 1.75 CH2Clz 0.085 9,700 129,000 2.20 CHC13 0.040 20,500 21,900 1.45 CC1~ 0.047 17,600 15,500 1.30 CH3CH (C1) CN 0. 037 22, 300 22, 400 1. 35 CH3CH(C1)CN 0.35 2,280 2,100 1.25 CH3CH (C1) COOCzHs 0. 038 21, 500 20, 000 1. 45 CH3CH (C1) COOCZHS 0. 65 1, 210 1, 290 1. 35 C6HSCHzCI ~ 0.075 11, 000 10, 600 1.45 C1CHZC6H4CHZC1 0. 12 6, 890 6, 600 1. 45 a Conversion of the polymerization: 90%-100 b calculated based on eq. 1 2 0 In' : Initiator It must be pointed out here that the same conclusions are observed for ATRP of other monomers, such as MA and MMA.
Effect of the Polymer. structure, I~,, and the Polymeric Halide, Ma-X', on Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization. Figure 9 illustrates the kinetic plots of the ATRP of three typical monomers, St, MA, and MMA, using the same initiator system 1-PEC1/CuCl/Bpy (1/1/3), under the same experimental conditions, in bulk and at 130°C.
The slopes of the straight kinetic plots in Figure 9 allow the calculation of the apparent propagation rate constants (k~app) in the ATRP of St, MA and MMA. Furthermore, knowing the corresponding thermodynamic parameters, AP and EP, one can estimate the absolute propagation rate constants at various temperatures, kp-, and the stationary concentrations of growing radicals, [P-]s~, according to equations (5) and (6), respectively:
RP = -d[M]/dt = kP- x [M] x [P ]SC (2) For each system described herein, [P-]s~ can be considered constant. Therefore:
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and ln([M]o/[M]) - kPaFP x t (4) ln(kp') - ln(Ap) - (Ep/RT) (5) [ P ~ ] st - kpapp / kp ( 6 ) Table 4 shows the kinetic data and estimated concentrations of growing radicals in bulk ATRP of St, MMA, and MA initiated with 1-PEC1/CuCl/Bpy (1/1/3) at 130°C. The concentration of growing radicals decreases in the order [P~ .nv~.] ~ [P~ .sc] ~ [P~ .ru.]

Kinetic Data and Estimated Concentration of Growing Radicals [P'], for Bulk ATRP of St, MA, and MMA Initiated with 1-PEC1/CuCl/Bpy (1/1/3) at 130°C
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[1-PEC1]o 0.038 0.038 0.038 (mol/1) [M]o (mol/1) 11.1 9.36 g.7 kp', 130C l4.la 3.17b 6.87' (103 mol/1 s-1) kpapp, 130C 3.14 5.83 1.35 ( 1~ 4 S

[P'] 0.22 1.84 0.19 ( 10-' M) a: In kp,,,,p, = 18.42 - (3574/T) , see Odlan, G. Principles of . Polymerization, Wiley-Interscience, New York, 1991;
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Effect of the Transfer Atom (Leaving Group), X', on Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization. Since the atom transfer process reflects the strength of the bond breaking and bond forming in Mn-X', it is expected that the leaving group, X', will strongly affect control of the atom transfer reaction.
From Table 5, it can be noted that ATRP is essentially faster when X is bromine as compared to when X is chlorine.
This can be explained by the presence of more growing radicals in the polymerization process when X is bromine as compared to when X is chlorine.
The effect of the leaving group, X, on the living character of the polymerization is also significant. For instance, in MA polymerizations at 100°C using the same molar ratio of initiator/CuX'/Bpy and the same initiating radical, ethyl propionate, at high monomer conversions (e. g., > 500) the experimental molecular weight, Mn,ssc. and is very close to the theoretical molecular weight, Mn,~h, when X = X' - either Br or C1. However, at relatively low conversions (e. g., < 500), the discrepancy between M",Sec. and Mn,th is much larger when X =
X' - C1 ("C1 ATRP") as compared to when X = X' - Br ("Br ATRP") (see Figures 10 and 11).
Moreover, the polydispersity of resulting polymers obtained by C1 ATRP is usually larger than the polydispersity obtained by Br ATRP (e. g., an Mw/Mn of 1.15-1.35 vs. 1.30-1.50;
see Figures 10 and 11). .

The Effect of the Leaving Group, X, on Kinetics of ATRP at Different Temperaturesa Monomer T,°C ATRP kpapp kp° [P°]
5 3 1 103m01 ~ 1 10 9 mol l MMA 80 C1 ATRP 1.71 1.24 13.8 Br ATRP 3.52 1.24 28.4 MA 80 C1 ATRP b 4.01 -Br ATRP 1.28 4.01 3.19 100 Cl ATRP 1.45 6.89 2.10 Br ATRP 3.47 6.89 5.02 St 80 Cl ATRP b 2.23 Br ATRP 1.45 2.23 6.50 1 - PEC1 and 1 - PEBr were used as initiators for C1 and Br ATRP, respectively, [1 - PEX]° = O.iM, and [1 - PEX]° /
[CuX]°
/ [Bpy]° = 1/1/3; b no polymer can be detected in 40 hrs.

WO 96/30421 PC'T/US96/03302 Effect of the Concentrations of the Components in Initiator System, R-X/CuX/Bpy, on Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization. In order to gain a better understanding of the ATRP mechanism, the effects of the components in the initiator system compositions on the kinetics and the living character of polymerization were investigated.
As discussed in the previous sections, the slope of the kinetic semilogarithmic anamorphoses allows the calculation of apparent rate constant kp~Pp, and thus the external orders in initiator, catalyst, and ligand, can be determined:
kpapp = d(In[M] ) /dt = k[RX]o" x [CuX]oY x [Bpy]oZ ( and ln(kpapp) - ln(k) + xln([RX]o) + yln([CuX]o) + zln([Bpy]o) (8) The plots of In (kPaQ~) vs. In ( [ 1-PEC1] o) , In (kpapp) vs.
In ( [CuCl] o) , and In (kPaPP) vs In ( [Bpy] o for St ATRP in bulk at 130°C are given in Figures 12A-C. The fraction orders observed in these graphs are approximately 1, 0.4, and 0.6 for [1-PEC1]o, [CuCl]o, and [Bpy]o, respectively. The first order of kP$~P in initiator, [1-PEC1]o, is expected. However, since the systems studied were heterogenous, it is difficult to give precise physical meanings for 0.4 and 0.6 orders in [CuCl]~ and [Bpy]o, respectively.

The effects of the compositions of the components in initiator system on the living character of the above-described ATRP of St reveal several important features. As seen from Figure 13, there, appear to be no significant effects of [CuC.l]o on the initiator efficiency and the molecular weight distribution. Indeed, even in the presence of 0.3 molar equiv. of CuCl relative to 1-PEC1, the experimental molecular weight, Mn,ssc. still linearly increases with monomer conversion and is close to the theoretical molecular weight obtained by means of eq. 1 (Figure 13A). The similar results are also found for MA (Figures 5 and 14). These findings suggest that in ATRP, the CuX acts as a catalyst and the addition of catalytic amount of CuX complexed by Bpy is sufficient to promote a controlled ATRP, even in these heterogeneous systems.
Transition Metal Catalyzed-Atom Transfer Radical Addition and Transition Metal Catalyzed-Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization. As described above, atom transfer radical polymerization, ATRP, can be considered as a succession of consecutive atom transfer radical additions, ATRA's. The prerequisite for a successful transformation of transition metal catalyzed-ATRA to transition metal catalyzed-ATRP is that a number of polymeric halides, Mn-X, can be effectively activated by M~" (Fig. 2). Present work demonstrates that a Cu(I)/Cu(II)-based redox process in the presence of Bpy can achieve that goal. , Indeed, to prevent possible polymerization and to obtain the monomeric adduct, R-M-X, in good to excellent yields in the ATRA process, organic chemists often use either (1) activated organic halogens as radical sources, (2) terminal alkenes without resonance-stabilizing substituents or (3) both activated organic halogens as radical sources and terminal alkenes without resonance-stabilizing substituents (see (a) Bellus, D. Pure & Appl. Chem. 1985, 57, 1827; (b) Nagashima, H.; Ozaki, N.; Ishii, M.; Seki, K.; Washiyama, M.; Itoh, K. J.
Org. Chem. 1993, 58, 464; (c) Udding, J. H.; Tuijp, K. J. M.;
van Zanden, M. N. A.; Hiemstra, H.; Speckamp, W. N. J. Org.
Chem. 1994, 59, 1993; (c) Seiias et al, Tetrahedron, 1992, 48(9), 1637; (d) Nagashima, H.; Wakamatsu, H.; Ozaki, N.;
Ishii, T.; Watanabe, M.; Tajima, T.; Itoh, K. J. Org. Chem.
1992, 57, 1682; (e) Hayes, T. K.; Villani, R.; Weinreb, S. M.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1988, 310, 5533; (f) Hirao et al, Syn.
Lett., 1990, 217; and (g) Hirao et al, J. Synth. Org. Chem.
(Japan), 1996, 52(3), 197; (h) Iqbal, J; Bhatia, B.; Nayyar, N. K. Chem. Rev., 94, 519 (1994)). Under such conditions, the further generation of free radicals, R-M-, is kinetically less favorable, since R-M-X is much less reactive than R-Y towards the transition.metal species, Min (Fig. 1).
From the results described herein, the following parameters appear to be important to promote the successful transformation of ATRA to ATRP. First, the use of suitable . ligands (e.g., Bpy, P(OEt)3) increases the solubility of the transition metal compound (e.g., CuX) by coordination, can facilitate the abstraction,of a halogen atom from the initiator, and more importantly, can facilitate abstraction of the transfer atom or group from the dormant polymeric halide, R-M"-X, with the formation of initiating and growing radicals (Fig. 2). Secondly, as demonstrated in Table 3, the presence of either inductive or resonance stabilizing substituents in the initiator are beneficial for generating initiating radicals, R', in growing PSt and PIMA chains. Finally, in practice, the use of a high polymerization temperature is beneficial, particularly for C1 ATRP (Table 5). In fact, many ATRA processes also appear to use rather high temperatures.
Prior to the present invention, RuCl2(PPh3)3 was known to promote only the monomeric addition of CC14 to alkenes. Very recently, it was reported that RuCl2(PPh3)3 induced the controlled radical polymerization of I~iA at 60°C in the presence of methylaluminum bis(2,4-di-tert-butylphenoxide) (Sawamoto et al, Macromolecules, 1995, 28, 1721). However, the present inventors observed that at high polymerization temperatures (e. g., 130°C, a number of radically polymerizable monomers undergo ATRP in the absence of methylaluminum bis(2,4-di-tert-butylphenoxide) or other such activators. As a result, one may increase polymerization temperature (rather than include methylaluminum bis(2,4-di-tert-butylphenoxide) or other activator) as a means to enhance the reactivity of less reactive monomeric or polymeric halides towards transition metal species with the formation of propagation radicals.
Indeed, it is possible that an activator may lead to a change in the polymerization mechanism.
Radical Addition vs Coordination Insertion. Regarding the mechanism of ATRP, the important question to be answered is whether the ATRP really involves radical intermediates during polymerization.
l0 The generation of radical intermediates by reacting some transition metal species, including salts and/or complexes of copper, ruthenium, iron, vanadium, niobium, and others, with alkyl halides, R-X, is well documented (see (a) Bellus, D.
Pure & Appl. Chem. 1985, 57, 1827; (b) Nagashima, H.; Ozaki, N.; Ishii, M.; Seki, K.; Washiyama, M.; Itoh, K. J. Org. Chem.
1993, 58, 464; (c) Udding, J. H.; Tuijp, K. J. M.; van Zanden, M. N. A.; Hiemstra, H.; Speckamp, W. N. J. Org. Chem. 1994, 59, 1993; (c) Sei~as et al, Tetrahedron, 1992, 48(9), 1637;
(d) Nagashima, H.; Wakamatsu, H.; Ozaki, N.; Ishii, T.;
Watanabe, M.; Tajima, T.; Itoh, K. J. Org. Chem. 1992, 57, 1682; (e) Hayes, T. K.; Villani, R.; Weinreb, S. M'. J. Am.
Chem. Soc. 1988, 110, 5533; (f) Hirao et al, Syn. Lett., 1990, 217; and (g) Hirao et al, J. Synth. Org. Chem. (Japan), 1994, 52(3), 197; (h) Iqbal, J; Bhatia, B.; Nayyar, N. K. Chem.
Rev., 94, 519 (1994); and Kochi, J.K., Organometallic Mechanisms and Catalysis, Academic Press, New York, 1978, and . references cited therein). Moreover, it is also known that R-X/transition metal species-based redox initiators, such as Mo (CO) 6/CHC13, Cr (CO) 6/CC14,, Co4 (CO) 1z/CC14, and Ni [P (OPh) 3] 9/CC14, promote radical polymerization (see Bamford, Comprehensive Polymer Science, Allen, G., Aggarwal, S. L., Russo, S., eds., Pergamon: Oxford, 1991, vol. 3, p. 123). The participation of free radicals in these redox initiator-promoted polymerizations was supported by end-group analysis and direct observation of radicals by ESR spectroscopy (see Bamford, Proc. Roy. Soc., 1972, A, 326, 431).
However, different transition metal species may act in a different manner. They may induce an atom transfer reaction or provide a source of metal-complexed radicals or even initiate a catalytic cycle that does not involve radical intermediates (Curran et al, J. Org. Chem. and J. Am. Chem.
Soc., supra).
In fact, several examples using additives such as CuX, a catalyst suitable for the present invention, reported previously showed that the reactions between some polyhaloalkanes, e.g., CC14, and alkenes exceptionally lead to exclusive 1:1 adducts in many cases (Bellus, supra). The authors argued that, if radical addition were the case, a considerable amount of telomer formation would be expected even at high organic polyhalide/alkene ratios. Thus, they questioned whether Cu(I)C1 cleaves the carbon-halogen bond by an atom transfer process to generate a carbon radical and a Cu(II) species (Fig: 2) or by an overall two-electron change to generate a Cu(III) species 2 (Fig. 15), followed by insertion of the alkene into the carbon-copper(III) o-bond and halogen ligand transfer (reductive elimination) with a new Cu(III) species 3 formed.
In sharp contrast to previous observations, the present invention shows that the polymerization of alkenes occurs when halide initiators, including CC14, are used with CuX complexed by Bpy as a catalyst. The uncomplexed CuX species may not be powerful enough to abstract the halogen atom from the 1:1 monomeric adduct to promote atom transfer radical polymerization. As described below, the polymerization of St initiated with 1-PEC1/CuCl without ligand is an ill-controlled, thermally self-initiated polymerization.
Moreover, the similarities in stereochemistry of the polymerizations of MMA initiated with classic radical initiators and various initiator/CuX/Bpy systems (Table 2) suggests that a putative insertion process (Fig. 16) can be rejected. Although metal coordinated radicals (Fig. 17) may be involved in the polymerizations of alkenes initiated with the R-X/CuX/Bpy system, a simple radical process is most probable (Fig. 2). The participation of the free radical intermediates is also supported by the observation that addition of 1.5 molar equiv. of galvinoxyl (relative to 1-PEC1) effectively inhibits polymerization, and no styrene polymerization was initiated with 1-PEC1/CuCl/Bpy (1/1/3) within 18 hours. Further evidence for the presence of radical intermediated in ATRP is the fact that the monomer reactivity ratios for ATRP random copolymerization resembles the monomer reactivity ratios for classical radical polymerization processes (i.e. , r,,~ = 0.46/rst = 0.48 for ATRP at 100°C
initiated with 2-EiBBr/CuBr/Bpy, and r,,~,p, = 0.46/rst = 0.52 for radical polymerization initiated with BPO at 60°C).
Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization vs. Redox Radical Telomerization. It is well known that radical telomerization can be initiated by a transition metal species-based redox catalyst. The mechanism is generally described as shown below:
Scheme 2 Initiation:
RCC13 + ML" -> M~"~1C1 + RCC1,' RCC12' + M -> RCC1~M' Propagation:
RCCIzM"' + M -> RCCI2Mn~1' Chain Transfer:
RCCIzM"' + RCC13 -> RCCI2MnC1 + RCClz' R'O 96/30421 PCT/US96/03302 Termination:
RCCIzMn- + M~n.lC1 -> RCCI2MnC1 + M~'' ' The fundamental differences between ATRP and redox radical telomerization are as follows. In ATRP, the polymeric halides, R-Mn-X, behave as dormant species (Fig. 2). They can be repeatedly activated by transition metal species, M~°, to form the growing radicals, R-Mn', and oxidized transition metal species, ML°.1, which can further react with R-Mn' to regenerate R-Mn-X and ML°, i.e., a reversible transfer process.
Contrary to ATRP, redox radical telomerization represents a degradative transfer process, in which the resulting polymeric halides, R-Mn-X, are dead chains (see Scheme 2 above). Consequently, the molecular weight obtained in redox radical telomerization does not increase with the monomer conversion, whereas the molecular weight increases linearly with increasing monomer conversion in ATRP.
Factors Affecting Atoa Transfer Radical Polymerization.
(a) '~Living"/Controlled Radical Polymerization. To better describe controlled ATRP, a discussion of some general properties for "living"/controlled radical polymerization is in order.
Free radicals, which are the growing species in radical polymerization, are highly reactive species. Unlike anions or -cations, they recombine and/or disproportionate at rates WO 96!30421 PC~"/ITS96/03302 approaching the diffusion controlled limit (i.e., k~ of about 108-1° M-1 ~ sec-1) , which is much higher than the corresponding propagating rate constant (i. e. , kp - 102-4 M-1 ~ sec-1) .
Moreover, initiation is incomplete due to slow decomposition . 5 of classic radical initiator (i.e. , kd - 10-4-'6 sec'1) . These are the kinetic reasons why classic radical polymerization yields ill-defined polymers with unpredictable molecular weight, broad molecular weight distribution, and uncontrolled structures.
l0 Moreover, due to the same kinetic reasons, it is impossible to entirely suppress the termination reactions and to obtain a Ziving radical polymerization, in which chain breaking (termination) reactions are absent (Szwarc, Nature, 196, 176, 1168) . Thus, for the sake of the ~r-r.",-3..,.
15 propose the term controlled or "living" radical polymerization to describe the processes in which the side reactions are not significant. Consequently, structural parameters, such as molecular dimension, molecular weight distribution, composition, topology, functionality, etc., can be controlled 20 to some extent.
The preparation of controlled polymers in a "living"
radical process requires a low stationary concentration of growing radicals, Mn', which are in a fast dynamic equilibrium with the dormant species, Mn-D:
2 5 Mn' + D ~-' Mn-D

Termination is second order and propagation is first order in respect to growing radicals (eqs. (12) and (13): ' R~ = d(ln[M] ) /dt = kp[M] x [P'] (12) RL = -d[p-]/dt = k~ x [p-]a (13) At low concentration of free radicals, the proportion of termination versus propagation is reduced. If the reversible exchange. between growing radicals, Mn', and dormant species, Mn-D, is fast, the polymerization degree can be predetermined by the ratio of the concentration of the consumed monomer to l0 that of the dormant chains (eq. 14), and the molecular weight distribution may remain narrow.
DPn = 0[M]/[Mn-D] - ~[M]/[I]o (14) Recent progress in controlled radical polymerization can be indeed related to the approach illustrated in the Mn-D
reaction above, in which growing radicals, Mn', react reversibly with species D, which may be carbon-, sulfur-, and oxygen-centered radicals (Otsu et al, Makromol. Chem, Rapid Commun., 1982, 127; Otsu et al, Macromolecules, 1992, 25, 5554; Bledzki et al, Makromol. Chem, 1983, 184, 745; Druliner, Macromolecules, 1991, 24, 6079; U.S. Patent No. 4,581,429; and Georaes et al, Macromolecules, 1993, 26, 2987), alkylaluminum -complexes (Mardare et al, Macromolecules, 1994, 27, 645), and organocobalt porphyrin complexes (Wayland, B. B., Pszmik, G., Mukerjee, S. L., Fryd, M. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1994, 116, 7943), in a reversible deactivated process. Another approach (discovered by the present, inventors) is based on using alkyl iodides in a degenerative transfer.
.
The Significance of the Presence of the Low Concentration of Growing Radicals in Maintaining "Living" ATRP. Since ATRP
promoted by the Cu(I)/Cu(II) redox process resembles classic radical polymerization, termination reactions can not completely eliminated, which are second order in respect to growing radicals (eq. 13). As already discussed in the preceding section, if the concentration of growing radicals is kept low enough, and a fast and reversible equilibrium between growing radicals and dormant species is established (see Scheme 2 above), the proportion of termination in comparison to propagation can be minimized, resulting in a predictable molecular weight and a narrow molecular weight distribution.
Indeed, this is the case for "living" ATRP.
Table 6 lists the estimated polymerization time for monomer conversion, to_9, concentration of the dead polymer chains due to the spontaneous termination reactions at that time, [P]3,o9, concentration of the polymer chains due to self-initiation, [P]$~lf.o.9. and percentage of uncontrolled polymer . chains generated by side reactions, "UC", in bulk ATRP of St, MMA, and MA initiated with 1-PEC1/CuCl/Bpy at 130°C:

In ( [M]o/ [M] ) - In (10) - kPdP~ x to.s (15) [P]c.o.s = Rc x to.s (16) -[ P ~ self, 0.9 - Ri, self x t0. 9 ( 17 ) uUCn = ([P]aeif.o.s 'f' [P] -~' [P]d.o.s~ (18) _ d,o.s) /~ [R-X]o + [P]seif.a.9 Table 6 Estimated [P-], to.9, [P]a~lf.o.s~ [P]a.o.s. and"UC"
for Bulk ATRP of St, MMA and MA Initiated with 1-PEC1/CuCl/Bpy (1/1/3) at 130°C
Monomer MA MMA St [1-PEC1]o (mol/1) 0.038 0.038 0.038 [M]o (mol/1) 11.1 9.36 g,7 -.i3oc (M S 1) ~ 14, 100 3170 6870 kc,iaoac (~-0' S-i)b 1.98 0.31 0.532 1r gPP'130C (10 S-1) 3.14 5.83 1.35 [P ] (10 ' M)' 0.22 1.84 0 . 19 to.so (S 1) 7300 4000 17100 [P]a.o.so (10' mol/1) 0.7 4.20 1.22 [P]aelf,0.90 (1~ 3 m01/1)-- -- 1.7 "UC", % 0.2 1.1 4.5 ~: see Table 4; b: Data from Odlan. G. Principles of Polymerization, Wiley-Interscience, ,john Wiley & Sons, New York, 1991; 1n k~.~ = 23.43 - (2671/T) , In k~.,,~ = 18.5 -(1432/T) , In k~.sc = 17.47 - (962/T) .

As shown in Table 6, at 90% monomer conversion, the concentrations of uncontrolled polymer chains, !'UC", are all less than 3% in ATRP's of St, MMA, and MA, when 1-PEC1/CuCl/Bpy (1/1/3) is used as the initiator system at 130°C. This may be why ATRP proceeds in a "living" manner.
Although the termination rate constant is larger in MA radical polymerization than in the other two processes, ATRP of MA is better controlled than ATRPs of St and MMA. This appears to be due to a lower concentration of growing radicals in the ATRP of MA (Table 6).
The Significance of the Presence of Fast Exchange Hetwesn R-Ma-8 and R-I~' in Inducing Low Polydispersity in ATRP. At a low concentration of radicals (Tables 4-6), ca. 10-' to about 10-8 mol/1, polymers with very high and uncontrolled molecular weights are usually found. To cope with this problem, a reversible equilibrium between a minute amount of growing, radicals and a large amount of the dormant species needs to be established. Moreover, only if both (1) the initiation reaction between initiating radicals and monomer and (2) the exchange reaction between the growing radicals and the dormant species are faster than (3) the propagation reaction between the growing radicals and the monomer, the molecular weight of the resulting polymers can be predicted by eq. (14), and low polydispersity polymers can be obtained.

Moreover, in a so-called "living" system with reversible dynamic exchange, there is evidence that the polydispersity of ' the resulting polymers largely depends on the ratio of the deactivation rate to the propagation rate (Matyjaszewski, K.
Polym. Prep. (Am. Chem. Soc. Polym. Chem. Div.), 1995, 36(1), 541). On the other hand, it has been demonstrated that many transition metal species can be used as efficient retarders or inhibitors in radical polymerization (Bamford, Comprehensive Polymer Science, Allen, G., Aggarwal, S. L., Russo, S., eds., Pergamon: Oxford, 1991, p. 1). For example, the reaction rate constants between (1) PSt- and CuCl2 and (2) PMMA' radicals and CuCl2 are 10' and 10' times greater in comparison with the corresponding propagation rate constants, respectively.
Therefore, the existence of a fast deactivation (scavenging) reaction can explain the low polydispersity obtained in ATRP.
Earlier, Otsu et al reported that an R-C1/Ni(0) combined initiator system can induce a "living" radical polymerization of St and MMA at 60°C CChem. Express, 1990, 5(10), 801).
However, the "living" character of the R-C1/Ni(0) combined initiator of Otsu et al may not be entirely accurate, since (1) the molecular weight of the obtained polymers did not increase linearly with respect to monomer conversion, (2) the initiator efficiency is low (about 1% based on R-Cl), and (3) the molecular weight distribution is broad and bimodal. The same phenomena were also observed by the present inventors.

Thus, it appears that the R-C1/Ni(0) combined initiator of Otsu et al does not provide controlled polymers.
Based on the published evidence, the R-C1/Ni(0) combined initiator of Otsu et al appears to act as a conventional redox initiator, similar to the initiators developed by Bamford (see Reactivity, Mechanism and Structure in Polymer Chemistry, Jenkins, A. D. and Ledwith, A., eds, John Wiley & Sons, London (1974), p. 52; and Comprehensive Polymer Science, Allen, G., Aggarwal, S. L., Russo, S., eds., Pergamon: Oxford, 1991, vol.
3, p. 123). The very low initiator efficiency and a broad, bimodal molecular weight distribution observed in the system of Otsu et al suggests that in that system, the small amount of initiating radicals were generated by a redox reaction between R-C1 and Ni(0), and the reversible deactivation of initiating radicals by oxidized Ni species is inefficient in comparison to propagation. This may support the idea that fast exchange between R-X and R' in transition metal-promoted ATRP at the initial step is one of the key factors controlling initiator efficiency and molecular weight distribution.
The Factors Affecting the Concentrations of the Growing Radicals and the Bzchange Rate Bet~reen R-M,a-8 and R-I~' in ATRP. Based on the results shown herein, the factors affecting the concentrations of the growing (initiating) radicals and the exchange rate between R-Mn-X (R-X) and R-Mn' (R') in ATRP can be qualitatively discussed.

The stationary concentration of growing radicals can be expressed as in eq. (20):
kacc .
Mn-X + CuX ,~-~ Mn- + CuX2 kdeacc .
K = kacc./kaeacc. ° ( [Mn-] x [CLIXz~ ) / ( [Mn-X] X (C11X] ) ~' [Mn-]2/([R-X]o X [CuX]o) (19) [Mn-] - { (kacc./ltaeacc.) X ( [R-X]o X [C11X]o) ~~ (20) An increase in [R-X]o and [CuX]o results in an increase in the concentration of growing radicals, and subsequently, in the polymerization rate (Figure 12).
As also seen from eq. (20), the concentration of growing (initiating) radicals is proportional and inversely proportional to the activation and deactivation rate constants, respectively, which strongly depend on the structure of the R11R1zR~'C group in the initiator, the structure of the repeating monomer units M in R-Mn-X, the leaving group X, and the polymerization temperature (see Tables 3, 4 and 5, Figure 9).
In terms of polarity, the deactivation reaction between PMA- and CuCl2 is usually 10 times slower than that between Pst - and CuCl2 ( i . a . , kdeacc . asc -~cuciz ~ ka~acc . Prv~-icuciz ) ( see Bamf ord , Comprehensive Polymer Science, Allen, G., Aggarwal, S. L., Russo, S., eds., Pergamon: Oxford, 1991, p. 1). Thus, the _ similar concentration of radicals found in the ATRP of St WO 96!30421 PCT/US96/03302 _75_ relative to the ATRP of MA indicates that the activation reaction between CuCl and PSt-C1 is faster than the one between PMA-C1 and CuCl ( i . e. , k$~~. es~-c~ > k~~t. erw-c~ ) ~ This is in good agreement with the lower bond dissociation energy in PSt-C1 as compared to PMA-C1 (see Danen, W. C., in Methods in Free Radical Chemistry, Huyser, E. L. S., ed., Dekker, New York, 1974, vol. 5, p.l; and Poutsma, supra). The higher concentration of growing radicals found in the ATRP of I~2A as compared to the ATRP's of St and MA (see Table 4) implies that steric hindrance in both the polymeric halide PMMA-C1 and growing radical PMMA' may significantly affect deactivation and activation rates.
As noted in Figures 10 and 11, the polymerization is much faster in the Br-ATRP of MA than in the C1-ATRP of MA, due to a higher stationary concentration of radicals in the former system as compared to the latter one. However, the polydispersity is much narrower in Br ATRP than in C1-ATRP.
According to the discussion in the preceding section, this suggests that deactivation of free radicals with CuBrz is faster in comparison to deactivation of free radicals with CuCl2. Since the concentration of growing radicals in Br-ATRP
is larger than in C1-ATRP (see Table 5), the activation of PMA-Br by Br-containing Cu(I) species must be faster than the activation of PMA-C1 by C1-containing Cu(I) species. This is also in accordance with the fact that the ease of the abstraction of X from R-X by CuX follows the order Br > C1 WO 96/30421 PC"T/US96/03302 (i.e., the lower the bond dissociation energy in R-X, the easier to abstract an X atom; see Curran, Synthesis, in Free Radicals in Synthesis and Eiology, and in Comprehensive organic Synthesis; Danen; end Poutsma, all supra). ' Halogen Atom Transfer (Abstraction) vs. Outer-Sphere Electron Transfer. The generation of free radicals by reacting an organic halide with a transition metal compound may involve two different mechanisms: either halogen atom transfer (Figure 18A) or outer-sphere electron transfer l0 (Figure 18B). The fonaer process depends on the carbon-halogen bond dissociation energy, whereas the latter is a function of the electrode potential for the reaction of the organic halide (i.a., RX + e- -> R' + X-).
The outer sphere electron transfer process is usually less sensitive than halogen atom transfer to the leaving atom X in R-X and to temperature (Howes et al, Inorg. Chem. 1988, 27, 3147; and references therein). As discussed before, the results presented herein show that transition metal-mediated ATRP has a strong dependence on the leaving group X in R-X, as well as on the reaction temperature. Thus, the results herein suggest that ATRP involves a direct atom transfer process.
Alternatively, the reversible conversion of the radicals R' and R-Mn' to organic halides R-X and R-Mn-X may involve ' direct atom transfer (see Kochi, J.K., Organometallic Mechanisms and Catalysis, Academic Press, New York, 1978, and _77_ references cited therein; Asscher, M., Vofsi, D. J. Chem.
Soc., Perkin II. 1968, 947; and Cohen, H., Meyerstein, D.
Inorg. Chem. 1974, 13, 2434) or oxidative addition/reductive elimination with the formation of organocopper(III) . intermediates (see Kochi, supra; Orochov, A., Asscher, M., Vofsi D. J. Chem. Soc., Perkin II. 1973, 1000; and Mitani, M., Kato, L., Koyama, K. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1983, 105, 6719).
Generally, it is difficult to distinguish between these two mechanisms. Nevertheless, the organocopper(III) species, if they exist, probably do not react directly with monomer.
Otherwise, some effect on tacticity would be observed.
Thus a successful extension of atom transfer radical addition, ATRA, to atom transfer radical polymerization, ATRP
has been demonstrated in a Cu(I)/Cu(II) model redox process.
The present process opens a new pathway to conduct a "living"
or controlled radical polymerization of alkenes. The controlled process found in ATRP results from two, important contributions: (1) a low stationary concentration of growing radicals and (2) a fast and reversible equilibrium between the 2o growing radicals and the dormant species. Many parameters, such as the nature of transition metals, the structure and property of ligands, the polymerization conditions, etc, may affect the course of "living" ATRP. On the other hand, it is anticipated that, like other controlled polymerizations, ATRP
will provide a powerful tool for producing various tailor-made polymers.

Other features of the present invention will become apparent in the course of the following descriptions of exemplary embodiments which are given for illustration of the invention, and are not intended to be limiting thereof. -EXAMPLES
Example 1:
An aralkyl chloride, 1-phenylethyl chloride, 1-PEC1, is an efficient initiator, and a transition metal halide, CuCl, complexed by 2,2'-bipyridine, bpy, is an efficient chlorine atom transfer promoter. This model initiating system affords controlled polymers with predicted molecular weight and narrower molecular weight distribution, Mw/Mn < 1.5, than obtained by conventional free radical polymerization.
Phenylethyl chloride, 1-PEC1, was prepared according to a literature procedure (Landini, D.; Rolla, F. J. Org. Chem., 1980, 45, 3527).
A typical polymerization was carried out by heating a reddish brown solution of styrene (St), 1-PEC1 (0.01 molar equiv. relative to monomer), CuCl (1 molar equiv. relative to 1-PEC1), and bpy (3 molar equiv. relative to CuCl), in a glass tube sealed under vacuum at 130°C. (The reddish brown color of a slightly heterogeneous solution was formed within 30 seconds at 130°C.) The formed polymer was then dissolved in -THF and precipitated in MeOH (three times), filtered and dried at 60°C under vacuum for 48 hr. Yield, 950. A linear _79_ increase in the number average molecular weight, M",sec. versus monomer conversions up to 95% was found for PMA. Mn,sec values were determined by size exclusive chromatography, and were ' calibrated using polystyrene standards.
The Mn,ssc is very close to the theoretical one, Mn,~h, calculated by the following equation (21):
Mn.th. _ ( [Ml o/ [1-PEC1]o) x (MW) o x conversion (21) [M]o and [1-PEC1]o represent the initial concentrations of monomer (St) and 1-PEC1, respectively, and (MW)~ is the to molecular weight of monomer. These results indicate that 1-PEC1 acts as an efficient initiator, and that the number of the chains is constant. The molecular weight distribution is fairly narrow (MW/Mn = 1.3-1.45). The linear plot of ln([M]o/[M]) versus polymerization time (e.g., Figure 3) implies that the concentration of growing radicals remains constant during propagation, and that termination is not significant. Both of these results suggest a "living"
polymerization process with a negligible amount of transfer and termination.
Additionally, a series of experiments has been carried out at 13o°C, using various [M]o/[1-PEC1]o ratios and a constant [1-PEC1]a/[CuCl]a/[bpy]o ratio of 1:1:3. Similar to Figure 5, a graph was prepared which compares the MnsEC and calculated Mn,~,,. , based on equation (21) above.

A linear plot is observed in the molecular weight range from 3.8 x 103 to 1.05 x 105 g/mol. The slope of the straight line is 0.93, indicating a high initiator efficiency. The polydispersities of all the polymers obtained also remain low and are smaller than in a conventional radical pblymerization i.e., MG,/M=, < 1.5. These results again support a "living"
polymerization process initiated with 1-PEC1/CuCl/Bpy system.
Table 7 summarizes the results of styrene polymerization under various experimental conditions. In the absence of 1-PEC1, CuCl or bpy, the polymers obtained are ill-controlled with unpredictable molecular weights and with broad molecular weight distributions.

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The same initiating system, 1-PEC1/CuCl/Bpy (1/1/3), can ' be also used for the controlled polymerization of acrylic monomers, such as methyl methacrylate, MMA, methyl acrylate, MA, and butyl acrylate, BA. Block copolymers of St and MA
have been produced using the same technique as described in Example 1 for homopolymerization of styrene (see the Examples below). Heating of chlorine atom end-capped polystyrene (0.5 g. ~, = 4000, M",/M" = 1.45) and a two-fold excess of MA (1.0 g) in the presence of 1 molar equiv. of CuCl and 3 molar equiv.
of bpy (both relative to polystyrene) at 130°C results in MA
block polymerization to form the desired PSt-b-PMA block copolymer (yield: 95~, M~, = 13,000, My,/M" = 1.35) .
Discussion By analogy with transition metal catalyzed atom transfer radical addition reactions (ATRA), used in organic synthesis, the results presented herein can be explained by the mechanism shown in Fig. 2. The present process appears to involve a succession of ATRA processes, and therefore, can be called atom transfer radical polymerization, ATRP.
The model catalyst Cu~Cl acts as a carrier of the chlorine atom in a redox reaction between Cu(I) and Cu(II), The coordination of the bidentate nitrogen ligand to CuICl increases the solubility of the inorganic salt and can also affect the position of the redox equilibrium, so as to facilitate the abstraction of a chlorine from the initiator, 1-PEC1, and the dormant species, P,-C1, with the formation of initiating and growing radicals, respectively. The reversible conversion of radicals, R',and P1', to the corresponding halides, R-C1 and Pl-Cl, may involve a direct atom transfer reaction (Kochi, J.K. Organometallic Mechanisms and Catalysis, Academic Press: New York, 1978, and' references therein; Asscher, M., Vofsi, D. J. Chem. Soc., Perkin II.
1968, 947; Cohen, H., Meyerstein, D. Inorg. Chem. 1974, 13, 2434) or oxidative addition/reductive elimination with the formation of the organocopper (III) intermediates (Kochi, supra; Orochov, A., Asscher, M., Vofsi D. J. Chem. Soc., Perkin II. 1973, 1000; Mitani, M., Kato, L., Koyama, K. J.
Am. Chem. Soc. 1983, 105, 6719). If the concentration of growing radicals is low and the redox reaction is fast compared to bimolecular reactions of the radicals, the extent of the termination reactions is minimized, resulting in a "living" process. Moreover, if the rate of reversible exchange between P1-C1 and P1' is comparable to that of propagation, the number average molecular weight should be defined by eq. (21), and the molecular weight distribution should remain narrow.
Two observations support the participation of free radicals in ATRP. First, the tacticity of the polymers is similar to those synthesized by typical radical initiators.
For example, the tacticity of poly(methyl methacrylate) M~ _ 35,400, M,"/Mn = 1.40) synthesized using a I-PEC1/CuCl/Bpy initiator system (in a 1:1:3 molar ratio) at 130°C is rr/mr(rm)/mm: 53/38/9. These values are very close to those of PMMA prepared using a typical radical initiator, BPO, at the same temperature. Therefore, the organocuprate(III) species, if it, exists, probably does not react directly with monomer, otherwise some effect on tacticity would be expected.
Secondly, addition of 1.5 molar equiv. of galvinoxyl (relative to 1-PEC1) effectively inhibits the polymerization. In the l0 presence of galvinoxyl, no styrene polymerization was found within 18 hours.
The low proportion of termination, despite the relatively rapid polymerization, may be explained by stabilizing interactions between radicals Pi' and CuClz. It may be possible that the monomer reacts with a radical Ps' within a solvent cage, in which the ratio of rate constants of propagation to termination is higher than for uncomplexed radicals in solution.
At 130°C, styrene may polymerize thermally by self-initiation. (Moad, G., Rizzardo, E., Solomon, D. H. Polym.
Bull., 1982, 6, 589). The contribution of this reaction in ATRP is rather small, because (1) ATRP is fast and (2) the relative rate of self-initiation is further reduced with the progress of the reaction. However, the small contribution of self-initiation may enhance polydispersities to the range of M~/Mn ~ 1.4, and may reduce molecular weights to slightly lower . values than theoretically predicted.
It must be stressed that the present transition-metal promoted ATRP, in which the molecular weight linearly increases with monomer conversion, is very different from typical redox radical telomerization promoted by transition metal species in which the molecular weight does not increase with conversion (Boutevin, B., Pietrasant, Y., in Comprehensive Polymer Science, Allen, G., Aggarwal, S. L., Russo, S., eds., Pergamon: Oxford, 1991, vol. 3. p 185;
Bamford, C. H., in Comprehensive Polymer Science (First Supplement), Allen, G., Aggarwal, S. L., Russo, S., eds., Pergamon: Oxford, 1991, p. 1).
In conclusion, the model alkyl chloride initiator, 1-PEC1, and model transition metal complex CuCl/bpy polymerize styrene by repetitive atom transfer radical additions to give well-defined high molecular weight polymers with narrow molecular weight distributions.
For examples 3-22, the polymers were isolated by either of two procedures:
(1) The polymer was dissolved in THF and precipitated in MeOH (three times), filtered and dried under vacuum;
or (2) The heterogeneous reaction solution was filtered, and the solvent was removed under vacuum.

Removal of solvent or drying can optionally be conducted using mild heat (e.g., 25-60°C). The same polymeric product is -obtained, regardless of the isolation procedure.
Monomers, and ethyl acetate were vacuum-distilled over CaH2 before use. CuCl and CuBr were purified according to the known procedures (see Nagashima, H.; Ozaki, N.; Ishii, M.;
Seki, K.; Washiyama, M.; Itoh, K. J. Org. Chem. 1993, 58, 464;
(c) Udding, J. H.; Tuijp, K. J. M.; van Zanden, M. N. A.;
Hiemstra,, H.; Speckamp, W. N. J. Org. Chem. 1994, 59, 1993;
(c) Sei~as et al, Tetrahedron, 1992, 48(9), 1637; (d) Nagashima, H.; Wakamatsu, H.; Ozaki, N.; Ishii, T.; Watanabe, M.; Tajima, T.; Itoh, K. J. Org. Chem. 1992, 57, 1682).
Example 3:
Polystyrene was prepared by heating styrene (0.9 g), 1-phenylethyl chloride (1 ~.L, 7.54 x 10-6 mol), Cu(I)C1 (7.54 x 10'6 moil ) and 2 , 2' -bipyridine (Bpy; 2 . 26 x 10-5 mol ) at 13 0 °.
in a sealed tube for 21.5 h. The polymerization reaction mixture was then dissolved in THF, and precipitated in methanol. The precipitated polymer was filtered, and the dissolving, precipitating and filtering steps were repeated two additional times. The obtained polymer was dried at 60°C under vacuum for 48 h.
The dried polymer had a number average molecular weight as measured by size exclusion chromatography (SEC), Mns~~, of , 95,000, in good agreement with the theoretical number average _87_ ., molecular weight, Mn,~,,_, of 102,000. The dried polymer was .. obtained in 85% yield. The polydispersity, MW/Mn, was 1.45.
Example 4: , Polystyrene was prepared according to the procedure described in Example 3, except polymerization was conducted at 100°C for 88 h. The polymer was obtained in 80% yield. The Mn,s~c of 93, 300 was in excellent agreement with the Mn,~h. of 97,000. The MW/Mn of the obtained polymer was 1.50.
Example 5:
The procedure of Example 3 was repeated, except that 0.45 g of styrene and 2.5 ~L (1.89 x 10-5 mol) of 1-PEC1 were employed, Ni(0) (2.73 x 10-5 mol) was used as the transition metal in place of Cu(I)C1, and PPh, (1.41 x 10'' mol) was used as the ligand in place of Bpy. The reaction was conducted at 130°C for 12 h.
The polymer was obtained in 85% yield. The Mn,ssc of the obtained polymer was 189, 000 (Mn,th. = 17, 600) , and the Mw/Mn =
1.70.
Example 6:
2o Polystyrene was prepared according to the procedure of Example 3, except that the concentration of 1-PEC1 was 2.26 x 10-S mol (amount = 3 ~.L) , RuClz (2.26 x 10-5 mol) was used in place of Cu ( I ) C1, and PPh, ( 6 . 78 x 10'5 mol ) was used in place _88_ of Bpy. The polymerization was conducted at 130°C for 13.5 h.
The polymer was obtained in 90% yield. The Mn,sec of 18,300 was in excellent agreement With the Mn,~,,. of 17,900. The obtained polymer had an MW/Mn of 2.0_.
Example 7:
Polystyrene was prepared according to the procedure of Example 3, except that AIBN (1.7 x 10-5 mol) was used in place of 1-PEC1, Cu(II)C12 (3 x 10-S mol) was used in place of Cu(I)C1, and Bpy was present in a molar amount of 7 x 10-5 mol.
The polymerization was conducted at 130°C for 5 h. The polymer was obtained in 90% yield. The Mn,ssc of 18,500 was in agreement with the Mn,~h_ of 25,000. The obtained polymer had an M"/Mr, of 1.7.
Example 8:
Polystyrene was prepared according to the procedure of Example 3, except that 2-chloropropionitrile (3.75 x 10-6 mol) was used in place of 1-PEC1; Cu(I)C1 and Cu(II)C12 were used in an equimolar mixture (3.76 x 10-6 mol of each) in place of Cu(I)C1 alone; and Bpy was present in a molar amount of 1.9 x 10'S mol. The polymerization was conducted at i30°C for 33 h.
The polymer was obtained in 80% yield. The Mn,ssc of 81,500 was in good agreement with the Mn,~h_ of 95,500. The obtained polymer had an M"/Mn of 1.4.

Example 9:
Polystyrene was prepared according to the procedure of Example 3, except that benzyl chloride (3.75 x 10'5 mol) was used in place of 1-PEC1, FeCl2 (3.75 x 10'5 mol) was used in place of Cu(I)C1, and (Et0)3P (1.15 x 10'' mol) was used in place of Bpy. The polymerization was conducted at 130°C for 5.5 h. The polymer was obtained in 85% yield. The Mn,ssc of 19,300 was in good agreement with the Mn,~h of 21,100. The obtained polymer had an M~,/Mn of 3Ø
Example 10:
Poly(methyl acrylate), PMA, was prepared according to the procedure of Example 3, except that 1.45 grams of MA were used, a,a'-dibromoxylene (4.4 x 10-5 mol) was used in place of 1-PEC1, Cu(I)Br (8 x 10'5 mol) was used in place of Cu(I)C1, and Bpy was present in a molar amount of 2.5 x 10'4 mol. The polymerization was conducted at 80°C for 36 h. The polymer was obtained in 90% yield. The Mn,sec of 31,000 was in very good agreement with the Mn,th_ of 29,500, The obtained polymer had an M",/Mn of 1.2.
Example 11:
Poly(methyl acrylate) was prepared according to the procedure of Example 10, except that 0.48 g of MA were used, 2-methylbromopropionate (1.47 x 10'5 mol) was used in place of a,a'-dibromoxylene, Cu(I)Br was used in an amount of 1.47 x WO 96!30421 PCT/US96/03302 10-5 mol, and Bpy was present in a molar amount of 4.5 x 10-5 mol. The polymerization was conducted at 100°C for 15 h. The polymer was obtained in 95~ yield. The Mn,s~c of 29,500 was in very good agreement with the Mn,~h_ of 31, 000. The obtained polymer had an I~,,/Mn of 1.15.
Example 12:
Poly(methyl methacrylate), PMMA, was prepared according to the procedure of Example 3, except that 0.5 g of MMA were used, 0.5 ml of ethyl acetate was employed as a solvent, 2-l0 ethyl bromoisobutyrate (2.5 x 10-5 mol) was used in place of 1-PEC1, Cu(I)Br (1.5 x 10-5 mol) was used in place of Cu(I)C1, and Bpy was present in a molar amount of 4.5 x lo-S mol. The polymerization was conducted at 100°C for 1.5 h. The polymer was obtained in 95% yield. The Mn,ssc of 20, 500 was in excellent agreement with the Mn,~,,. of 19,000. The obtained polymer had an I~"/Mn of 1.40.
Examble 13:
Polyisoprene was prepared according to the procedure of Example 3, except that 0.45 g of isoprene was used in place of St, 3.77 x 10-5 mol of 1-PEC1 was used, 3.9 x 10'5 mol of Cu(I)C1 was used, and Bpy was present in a molar amount of 1.2 x 10-4 mol. The polymerization was conducted at 130°C for 45 h. The polymer was obtained in 80% yield. The Mn,sec of 12 , 700 -was in agreement with the Mn,tn. of 9,500. The obtained polymer had an MW/Mn of 2Ø
Example 14:
A PSt-b-PMA block copolymer was produced according to the procedure of Example 3, except that 0.5 g of PSt-Cl (M;, -4,000, M"/Mn = 1.45) was used in place of 1-PEC1 as the initiator, 1.0 g of MA was used as the monomer, Cu(I)C1 was present in a molar amount of 1.25 x 10'4 mol and Bpy was present in a molar amount of 3.75 x 10-' mol. The polymerization was conducted at 130°C for 5 h. The polymer was obtained in 95% yield. The Mn,s~c of 13,000 was in good agreement with the Mn,th. of 11,600. The obtained polymer had an M"/Mn of 1.35.
Example 15:
A PSt-b-PMA-b-PSt triblock copolymer was produced as follows. To a flask equipped with a water condenser and a magnetic stirring bar, the initiator a,a~-dibromoxylene (1 x 10-' mol) , CuBr (2 x 10-' mol) , Bpy (6 x 10-' mol) , MA (3 g) and EtOAc (10 ml) were added. Argon was then bubbled through the solution, and the solution was heated at 100°C for 18 h. One ml of solution was withdrawn using a syringe and was analyzed by gas chromatography (GC) and SEC to determine the monomer conversion and Mn, respectively. PMA was obtained in 100%

yield. The M",~E~ of 30,500 was in excellent agreement with the Mn.~n. of 30, 000, and the M"/Mn of the PMA was 1. 3. -Styrene (1 g) was added to the PMA reaction solution, and the mixture was heated at 100°C for 18 h. The triblock polymer was obtained in 100% yield. The Mn,sEC of 42,000 was in excellent agreement with the Mn,th. of 40,000, and the triblock polymer had an Mw/Mn of 1.45.
Example 16:
A PMA-b-PSt block copolymer was prepared according to the procedure of Example 3, except that 0.5 g of PMA-C1 (Mn 2,000, M"/Mn = 1.30) was used in place of 1-PEC1 as the initiator, 1.0 g of MA was used as the monomer, Cu(I)C1 was present in a molar amount of 2.5 x 10-4 mol and Bpy was present in a molar amount of 7.5 x 10'~ mol. The polymerization was conducted at 130°C for 10 h. The polymer was obtained in 90%
yield. The M~,,S~~ of 11,500 was in excellent agreement with the Mn.~h, of 11, 000. The obtained polymer had an MW/Mn of 1. 29.
Example 17:
A random P(St-co-MA) copolymer was prepared according to the procedure of Example 3, except that mixture of MA (0.48 g) and St (0.45 g) was used as comonomers, 1-PEC1 was used in an amount of 3 ~L (2.26 x 10-5 mol), Cu(I)C1 was used in an amount of 2.22 x 10-5 mol and Bpy was present in a molar amount of 6.5 x 10-5 mol. The polymerization was conducted at 130°C for 5 h.

The polymer was obtained in 95% yield. The M",sec of 39,000 was in excellent agreement with the Mn,th. of 39,100. The obtained polymer had an Mw/Mn of 1.45.
The composition as determined by iH NMR contained 48% MA, and 52% St.
Example 18:
A random P(St-co-MMA) copolymer was prepared according to the procedure of Example 17, except that mixture of MMA (0.45 g) and St (0.45 g) was used as comonomers, 1-PEBr (3 ~,L, 2.2 x 10-5 mol ) was used in place of 1-PEC1, Cu ( I ) Br ( 2 . 0 x 10-5 mol ) was used in place of Cu(I)C1 and Bpy was present in a molar amount of 4.5 x 10-5 mol. The polymerization was conducted at 100°C for 14 h. The polymer was obtained in 90% yield. The M~,sEC of 38, 000 was in excellent agreement with the Mn,~,,. of 36,900. The obtained polymer had an M"/Mn of 1.55.
Example 19:
A six arm star PMA polymer was prepared according to the procedure of Example 3, except that C6(CHzBr)6 (1 x 10-4 mol) was used in place of 1-PEC1, MA (1 ml, 0.96 g) was used as the monomer, CuBr (1.8 x 10-' mol) was used in place of Cu(I)C1, and Bpy was present in a molar amount of 5.8 x 10'4 mol. The polymerization was conducted at 110°C for 45 h. The polymer was obtained in 100% yield. The Mn,sec of 9, 600 was in perfect agreement with the Mn.~n. of 9,600. The obtained polymer had an M"/M., of 2Ø -Example 20:
A six-arm star PSt polymer was prepared according to the procedure of Example 3, except that 1.53 x 10-5 mol of C6(CHzBr)6 was used in place of 1-PEC1. The polymer was obtained in 90% yield. The Mn,sEC of 24,100 was in close agreement with the Mn,th. of 26,800. The obtained polymer had an Mw/Mn of 1.25.
Example 21:
An end-functional PSt having a COOH end group was prepared according to the procedure of Example 3, except that 2-chloropropionic acid (1.74 x 10-S mol) was used in place of 1-PEC1, and the reaction was conducted for 14 h. The polymer was obtained in 50% yield, and had an Mn,ssc = 39.600 and an MW/Mn - 1.45.
Examt~le 22:
A telechelic PMMA with two Br end groups was prepared at 100°C in ethyl acetate according to the procedure ~of Example 3, except that 1.00 x 10-~ mol of C6H,(CHzBr)2 was used in place of 1-PEC1, 0.5 g of MMA was used, 2.00 x 10-4 mol of CuCl was used, and 5.2 x 10-' mol of Bpy was present. The polymer was -obtained in 100% yield after 8 h. The Mr,sec of 4,800 was in close agreement with the Mn,~h. of 5,000. The obtained polymer had an MW/M" of 1.35.
Examgle 23: .
HBr abstraction (by known methods) of the Br-functional PMMA produced in Example 22 can lead to a telechelic (co)polymer with olefinic end groups, from which a telechelic (co)polymer with primary alcohol end groups can be formed by sequential hydroboration/oxidation (by known methods).
Nitration/reduction (by known methods) gives the corresponding amine-ended telechelic (co)polymer.
A Br-ended telechelic (co)polymer ("Hr-P~-Br") can be converted to other groups in one or two step as follows:
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An end-functional and in-chain functional PSt with two Br end groups and two central Br groups was prepared at 100°C
according to the procedure of Example 3, except that 0.900 x 10-" mol of CBr4 was used in place of 1-PEC1, 0.5 g of St was used, 1.5 x 10-° mol of CuCl was used, and 3.2 x l0-$ mol of Bpy was present. The polymer was obtained in 90% yield after 20 h. The Mn,sEC of 4, 500 was in agreement with the Mn,~,,, of 5, 000.
The obtained polymer had an MW/Mn of 1.45. The obtained polymer can be converted to any of the other four functional PSt's according to the procedures described in Example 23.
A number of ATRP's of styrene using transition metal complexes other than CuCl/Bpy are summarized in Table 8, and a number of ATRP's of methyl methacrylate using transition metal l0 complexes other than CuCl/Bpy are summarized in Table 9.

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Claims (27)

CLAIMS:
1. A controlled free radical polymerization process, of atom or group transfer radical polymerization, comprising the steps of:

radically polymerizing one or more radically (co)polymerizable monomers in the presence of an initiator having a radically transferable atom or group, and a catalyst system comprising a transition metal compound which participates in a reversible redox cycle with said initiator or a dormant polymer chain end, and a ligand to form a (co)polymer, and the ligand being at least one compound selected from any N-, O-, P- and S-containing compounds which can coordinate in a .sigma.-bond to the transition metal, and any carbon-containing compound which can coordinate in a .pi.-bond to the transition metal, such that direct bonds between the transition metal and growing polymer radicals are not formed, wherein said transition metal compound and said ligand are matched with one another in order to provide reaction with said initiator to reversibly generate a radical, and isolating the formed copolymer.
2. The process of claim 1, wherein the amounts of said monomer(s), said initiator, said transition metal compound and said ligand are such that growing radicals are present during said polymerization in a concentration in the range of from 10-9 mol/L to 10-6 mol/L, and dormant polymer chains are present during said polymerization in a concentration in the range of from 10-4 mol/L to 1 mol/L.
3. The process of claim 2, wherein the concentration of said growing radicals is from 10-8 mol/L to 10-6 mol/L.
4. The process of claim 2, wherein the concentration of said dormant polymer chains is from 10-2 mol/L to 10-1 mol/L.
5. The process of claim 1, wherein said monomer(s) are of the formula:

wherein R1 and R2 are independently selected from the group consisting of H, halogen, CN, CF3, C1-C20 straight alkyl, C1-C20 branched alkyl, C2-C10 .alpha.,.beta.-unsaturated straight alkenyl, C2-C10 .alpha.,.beta.-unsaturated branched alkenyl, C2-C10 .alpha.,.beta.- unsaturated straight alkynyl, C2-C10 .alpha.,.beta.-unsaturated branched alkynyl, C2-C6 .alpha.,.beta.-unsaturated straight alkenyl substituted with halogen and .alpha.,.beta.- unsaturated branched alkenyl substituted with halogen, C3-C8 cycloalkyl, heterocyclyl, C(=Y)R22, C(=Y)NR6R7, YCR6R7R8 and YC(=Y)R8, phenyl which may optionally have from 1 to 5 substituents on the phenyl ring selected from the group consisting of C1-C6 alkyl, C2-C6 alkenyl, C1-C6 alkoxy, halogen, nitro, carboxy, C1-C6 alkoxycarbonyl, hydroxy protected with a C1-C6 acyl, cyano and phenyl;

Y is NR8 or O;

R22 is selected from the group consisting of C1-C20 alkyl, C1-C20 alkoxy, aryloxy and heterocyclyloxy;

R6 and R7 are independently H or C1-C20 alkyl and R6 and R7, optionally, are joined together to form a C2-C5 alkylene, thus forming a 3- to 6-membered ring;

R8 is selected from the group consisting of C1-C20 straight alkyl, C1-C20 branched alkyl and aryl;

R3 and R4 are independently selected from the group consisting of H, halogen, C1-C6 alkyl and COOR9, where R9 is selected from the group consisting of H, alkali metal, and C1-C6 alkyl group; or R1 and R3, optionally, are joined to form a group of the formula (CH2)n', or C(=O)-Y-C(=O), where n' is from 2 to 6, the group (CH2)n', optionally, is substituted with 1 to 2n' halogen atoms or C1-C4 alkyl, and Y is as defined above; and at least two of R1, R2, R3 and R4 are H or halogen.
6. The process of claim 1, wherein said initiator is of the formula:

where:
X is selected from the group consisting of CI, Br, I, OR10, SR14, SeR14, OP(=O)R14, OP(=OXOR14)2,OP(=O)OR14, O-N(R14)2 and S-C(=S)N(R14)2, where R10 is C1-C20 alkyl in which each of the hydrogen atoms, optionally, are independently replaced by halide, R14 is selected from the group consisting of aryl, C1-C20 straight alkyl and C1-C20 branched alkyl and where an N(R14)2 group is present, the two R14 groups, optionally, are joined to form a 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic ring; and R11, R12, and R13 are each independently selected from the group consisting of H, halogen, C1-C20 alkyl, C3-C8 cycloalkyl, C(=Y)R22, C(=Y)NR6R7, COCI, OH, CN, C2-C20 alkenyl, C2-C20 alkynyl, oxiranyl, glycidyl, aryl, heterocyclyl, aralkyl, aralkenyl, C1-C6 alkyl in which from 1 to all of the hydrogen atoms are replaced with halogen and C1-C6 alkyl substituted with from 1 to 3 substituents selected from the group consisting of C1-C4 alkoxy, aryl, heterocyclyl, C(=Y)R22, C(=Y)NR6 R7, oxiranyl and glycidyl;
where R22 is selected from the group consisting of C1-C20 alkyl, C1-C20 alkoxy, aryloxy and heterocyclyloxy; and R6 and R7 are independently H or C1-C20 alkyl, or R6 and R7, optionally, are joined together to form a C2-C5 alkylene, thus forming a 3- to 6-membered ring; such that no more than two of R11, R12 and R13 are H.
7. The process of claim 6, wherein no more than one of R11, R12, and R13 is H.
8. The process of claim 1, wherein said transition metal compound is of the formula M tn+ X'n, where:
M tn+ is selected from the group consisting of Cu1+, Cu2+, Fe2+, Fe3+, Ru2+, Ru3+, Cr2+, Cr3+, Mo2+, Mo3+, W2+, W3+, Mn3+, Mn4+, Rh3+, Rh4+, Re2+, Re3+, Co+, Co2+, V2+, V3+, Zn+, Zn2+, Au+, Au2+, Ag+ and Ag2+;

X~ is selected from the group consisting of halogen, C1-C6 alkoxy, (SO4)1/2, (PO4)1/3, (R14PO4)1/2, (R14 2PO4), triflate, hexafluorophosphate, methanesulfonate, arylsulfonate, CN and R15CO2, where R15 is selected from the group consisting of H, C1-C6 straight alkyl and C1-C6 branched alkyl, said alkyls optionally, are substituted from 1 to 5 times with a halogen; and n is the formal charge on the metal (0<= n <= 7) and R14 is selected from the group consisting of aryl, C1-C20 straight alkyl and C1-C20 branched alkyl and in (R14 2PO4) the two R14 groups, optionally, are joined to form a 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic ring.
9. The process of claim 1, wherein said ligand is selected from the group consisting of:
compounds of the formulas:

R16 -Z-(R18 -Z)m -R17 where:
R16 and R17 are independently selected from the group consisting of H, C1-C20 alkyl, aryl, heterocyclyl and C1-C6 alkyl substituted with C1-C6 alkoxy, C1-C4 dialkylamino, C(=Y)R22, C(=Y)R6 R7 and YC(=Y)R8, where Y is NR8 or O;
R22 is selected from the group consisting of C1-C20 alkyl, C1-C20 alkoxy, aryloxy and heterocyclyloxy; and R6 and R7 are independently H or C1-C20 alkyl, or R6 and R7 optionally, are joined together to form a C2-C5 alkylene, thus forming a 3- to 5-membered ring; and R6 is selected from the group consisting of C1-C20 straight alkyl, C1-C20 branched alkyl and aryl; and Z is selected from the group consisting of O, S, NR19 and PR19, where R19 is selected from the same group as R16 and R17, and where Z is PR19, R19 can also be C1-C20 -alkoxy;
each R18 is independently a divalent group selected from the group consisting of C3-C8 cycloalkanediyl, C3-C8 cycloalkenediyl, arenediyl and heterocyclylene where the covalent bonds to each Z are at vicinal positions, and C2-C4 alkylene and C2-C4 alkenylene where the covalent bonds to each Z are at vicinal positions or at .beta.-positions; and m is from 1 to 6;
compounds of the above formulas where R16 and R17 can be joined to form a saturated, unsaturated or heterocyclic ring;
compounds of the above formulas where each of R16 -Z and R17, form a ring with the R18 group to which the Z is bound to form a heterocyclic ring which is a linked heterocyclic ring or a fused heterocyclic ring system;
compounds of the above formulas where one or both of R16 and R17 are heterocyclyl, and in which Z is selected from the group consisting of a covalent bond, CH2 and a 4- to 7-membered ring fused to R16 or R17 or both;
CO;
porphyrins and porphycenes, which, optionally, are substituted with from 1 to 6 halogen atoms, C1-C6 alkyl groups, C1-C6 alkoxy groups, C1-C6 alkoxycarbonyl, aryl groups, heterocyclyl groups, and C1-C6 alkyl groups further substituted with from 1 to 3 halogens;
compounds of the formula R20 R21 C(C(=Y)R22)2 where Y and R22 are as defined above, and each of R20 and R21 is independently selected from the group consisting of H, halogen, C1-C20 alkyl, aryl and heterocyclyl, or R20 and R21, optionally, are joined to form a ring selected from C3-C6 cycloalkyl ring, hydrogenated aromatic and heterocyclic ring, any of which, except for H
and halogen, optionally, are further substituted with 1 to.5 groups selected from C1-C6 alkyl groups, C1-C6 alkoxy groups, halogen atoms, aryl groups, and combinations thereof; and arenas and cyclopentadienyl ligands, where said cyclopentadienyl ligand, optionally, is substituted with from 1 to 5 methyl groups, or, optionally, linked through an ethylene or propylene chain to a second cyclopentadienyl ligand.
10. The process of claim 1, wherein the initiator is present in a concentration of from 10 -4 M to 1M.
11. The process of claim 1, wherein the initiator and monomer(s) are present in amounts providing a molar ratio of from 10-4 :1 to 10-1 :1 of initiator to monomer(s).
12. The process of claim 1, wherein the transition metal compound is present in an amount providing a molar ratio of transition metal compound to initiator of from 0.001:1 to 10:1.
13. The process of claim 1, wherein the ligand is present in an amount providing a ratio of (a) coordination sites on the transition metal compound to (b) coordination sites which the ligand will occupy of from 0.1:1 to 100:1.
14. The process of claim 1, wherein the monomer, initiator, transition metal compound and ligand are selected such that (a) the rate of initiation in said polymerizing step is more than 1,000 times slower than (b) the rate of propagation in said polymerizing step or of transfer of the radically transferable group to the polymer radical.
15. The process of claim 1, wherein at least one of said monomers are of the formula:
wherein at least one of R1, R2, R3 and R4 are selected from the group consisting of halogen and YC(=Y)R8 ; where Y is NR8 or O, and R8 is selected from the group consisting of H, C1-C20 straight alkyl, C1-C20 branched alkyl and aryl; and said process further comprises a second polymerizing step using one or more additional radically (co)polymerizable monomers, conducted in the presence of said transition metal compound and said ligand, such that (a) the rate of initiation in said second polymerizing step is more than 1,000 times slower than (b) the rate of propagation in said second polymerizing step or of transfer of the radically transferable group to the polymer radical.
16. The process of claim 15, wherein at least one of R1, R2, R3 and R4 is chlorine or bromine.
17. The process as claimed in claim 1, wherein the initiator is an oligomer or polymer prepared by atom transfer radical polymerization.
18. The process as claimed in claim 1, wherein the polymerization is carried out in bulk, in solution, in dispersion, in suspension, in an emulsion, in the gas phase, under pressure or under vacuum.
19. The process as claimed in claim 18, wherein said polymerization is carried out in solution in a supercritical fluid.
20. The process as claimed in claim 1, wherein one or more (co)polymerizable monomers are added sequentially proportionally or continuously to the reaction.
21. The process as claimed in claim 1, further comprising adding further initiator to the polymerizing mixture such that the (co)polymer formed has a molecular weight distribution that is broadened by the addition of the further initiator.
22. The process as claimed in claim 1, wherein the initiator is prepared by chemical modification of an existing polymer.
23. The process as claimed in claim 1, wherein the transition metal is selected from the group consisting of copper, iron, nickel and ruthenium.
24. The process as claimed in claim 1, wherein either or both of the initiator and radically (co)polymerizable monomer contains, or is capable of generating, an unconjugated ethylene or acetylene moiety.
25. The process as claimed in claim 1, wherein the initiator is prepared by reacting the transition metal compound in its oxidized state with a radical initiator.
26. The process of claim 1, wherein the process is a batch or a continuous process conducted to the desired degree of polymerization.
27. The process of claim 1, further comprising:
adding additional initiator after the radically polymerizing has been started.
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