The double click reactions (Cu catalyzed Huisgen and Diels-Alder reactions) were used as a new strategy for the preparation of well-defined heterograft copolymers in one-pot technique. The synthetic strategy to the various stages of this work is outlined: (i) preparing random copolymers of styrene (St) and p-chloromethylstyrene (CMS) (which is a functionalizable monomer) via nitroxide mediated radical polymerization (NMP); (ii) attachment of anthracene functionality to the preformed copolymer by the o-etherification procedure and then conversion of the remaining ACH 2 Cl into azide functionality; (iii) by using double click reactions in one-pot technique, maleimide end-functionalized poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA-MI) via atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) of MMA and alkyne end-functionalized poly (ethylene glycol) (PEG-alkyne) were introduced onto the copolymer bearing pendant anthryl and azide moieties. V V C 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 46: 6969-6977, 2008

An unprecedented synthesis of terpolymers from bioderived monomers and elemental sulfur in one-pot is described. In this approach, biosourced compounds, namely, vanilin and furfurylamine-based benzoxazine and ionones (and carvone), and a waste product of petroleum industry, sulfur, were reacted in one pot to produce an advanced thermoset. The inverse vulcanization of these compounds was monitored, and the properties of the obtained terpolymers were characterized via spectral and thermal characterization methods. Moreover, a potential use of the polymers as a Li−S battery cathode was demonstrated, and over 400 mAh/g capacity more than 100 of cycles were observed. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy studies were used to gain more insight into the lithium storage mechanism before and after cycling.

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