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DOI: 10.1039/D0PY90036B (Correction) Polym. Chem., 2020, 11, 2457-2458

Correction: Synthetic approaches for multiblock copolymers

Valentin P. Beyer ab, Jungyeon Kim a and C. Remzi Becer *a
aDepartment of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK. E-mail: remzi.becer@warwick.ac.uk
bPolymer Chemistry Laboratory, School of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen Mary University of London, London, E1 4NS, UK

Received 19th February 2020 , Accepted 19th February 2020

First published on 19th March 2020

Abstract

Correction for ‘Synthetic approaches for multiblock copolymers’ by Valentin P. Beyer et al., Polym. Chem., 2020, 11, 1271–1291.

After publication, the authors were made aware of some errors in Tables 1 and 2 in the original article. The corrected Tables and references are shown below.
Table 1 Summary of multiblock copolymers (MBCs) prepared by anionic or cationic polymerisation techniquesa
Monomers Block number Block structure Solvent T (°C) PDI Ref. in original article Ref. in this Correction
a Monomers were abbreviated as follows: cyclohexadiene (CHD), styrene (S), isoprene (I), butadiene (B), 2-vinylpyridine (2VP), tert-butyl methacrylate (t-BuMA), ethylene oxide (EO), ethylene (E), cyclohexylethylene (C), ethylene-alt-propylene (P), 4-methyl styrene (4MS), dimethyl siloxane (DMS), dicyclopentanyl acrylate (dcPA), n-butyl acrylate (nBA), 2-ethylhexyl acrylate (EHA), ethyl acrylate (EA), methyl acrylate (MA), cyclohexyl acrylate (cHA), ethyl methacrylate (EtMA), (dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate (DMAEMA), 2-(diethylamino)ethyl methacrylate (DEAEMA), tetrahydrofurfuryl methacrylate (THFMA), ethylene glycol methyl ether methacrylate (MEGMA), 2-methyl-2-oxazoline (MeOx), 2-ethyl-2-oxazoline (EtOx), 2-phenyl-2-oxazoline (PhOx), 2-nonyl-2-oxazoline (NonOx), 2-methyl-N-tosylaziridine (TsMAz).
S, I, CHD, B 4 ABCD THF −78 1.32 41 1
S, I, 2VP, t-BuMA, EO 5 ABCBA THF −78 ≤1.5 42 2
C, E, P 12 (ABABA)2C Cyclohexane 40 1.09 43 3
I, 4MS 10 (AB)5 Cyclohexane 30 ≤1.25 65 4
I, S 10 (AB)5 THF −78 1.06 45 5
EO, S, B 4 ABCA Cyclohexane 40 1.21 46 6
S, I, DMS, 2VP 4 ABCD Benzene 40 ≤1.07 47 7
dcPA, nBA, EHA, EA, MA, cHA 6 ABCDEF Tol 25 1.05 48 8
THFMA, DEAEMA, EtMA, MEGMA, DMAEMA 15 (ABCDE)3 THF 25 ≤1.3 49 9
MeOx, EtOx, PhOx, NonOx 4 ABCD MeCN 140 1.33 50, 51 10, 11
EO, TsMAz 5 ABABA THF/DMSO 60 ≤1.30 52 12

Table 2 Examples of MBCs prepared by ROMPa
Monomers Block number Block structure Block DP Solvent Time/block (h) T (°C) Ref. in original article Ref. in this Correction
a Monomers were abbreviated as follows: norbornenediol (N), norbornene (Nb), cyclooctene (Co), macrocyclic olefin (MO). Other abbreviations: dichloromethane (DCM), toluene (Tol), degree of polymerisation (DP).
N 4 ABCD 50[thin space (1/6-em)]:[thin space (1/6-em)]5[thin space (1/6-em)]:[thin space (1/6-em)]10[thin space (1/6-em)]:[thin space (1/6-em)]5 Tol 0.5 RT 89 13
Nb 5 ABABA 44[thin space (1/6-em)]:[thin space (1/6-em)]35[thin space (1/6-em)]:[thin space (1/6-em)]44[thin space (1/6-em)]:[thin space (1/6-em)]35[thin space (1/6-em)]:[thin space (1/6-em)]44 DCM 1 RT 90 14
Nb 4 ABAB 15[thin space (1/6-em)]:[thin space (1/6-em)]10[thin space (1/6-em)]:[thin space (1/6-em)]10[thin space (1/6-em)]:[thin space (1/6-em)]10 CHCl3 2[thin space (1/6-em)]:[thin space (1/6-em)]19[thin space (1/6-em)]:[thin space (1/6-em)]4[thin space (1/6-em)]:[thin space (1/6-em)]24 RT 91 15
Nb 4 ABCD 50[thin space (1/6-em)]:[thin space (1/6-em)]25[thin space (1/6-em)]:[thin space (1/6-em)]25[thin space (1/6-em)]:[thin space (1/6-em)]25 Tol 1[thin space (1/6-em)]:[thin space (1/6-em)]1[thin space (1/6-em)]:[thin space (1/6-em)]1[thin space (1/6-em)]:[thin space (1/6-em)]1.5 RT 92 16
Co, MO 4 ABAB 50[thin space (1/6-em)]:[thin space (1/6-em)]5[thin space (1/6-em)]:[thin space (1/6-em)]10[thin space (1/6-em)]:[thin space (1/6-em)]5 Tol 0.5 RT — 17

The Royal Society of Chemistry apologises for these errors and any consequent inconvenience to authors and readers.

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