Fig. 2: Synthesis of poly(acrylamide-co-cyclic ketene acetal) (P(AAm-co-CKA)) copolymers.

RAFT-mediated copolymerization between acrylamide (AAm) and cyclic ketene acetals (CKA), such as 2-methylene-4-phenyl-1,3-dioxolane (MPDL), 5,6-benzo-2-methylene-1,3-dioxepane (BMDO) and 2-methylene-1,3-dioxepane (MDO).