Synthesis of Well-Defined Polymer via a Combination of Click Chemistry and Living Radical Polymerization

Considerable attention has focused on the preparation of polymers with complicated structures via click chemistry due to high efficiency,reliable, high selectivity of click chemistry. On the other hand, living radical polymerization can control the polymerization and polymer structures effectively. This review highlights the development of the synthesis of well-defined polymers such as star-shaped, comb-shaped, brush-shaped, tadpole-shaped,figure-of-eight-shaped, H-shaped, and dendrimer-like polymers via a combination of click chemistry and living radical polymerization such as atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP), reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer polymerization (RAFT), nitroxide-mediated polymerization (NMP), and atom transfer nitroxide radical coupling (ATNRC). Moreover, based on the recent progress, it has a prospect for the combination of click chemistry and living radical polymerization.