Sequence Selective Ring‐opening Terpolymerisation Facilitates Higher Order Switchable Catalysis

Abstract

Sequence selective ring‐opening terpolymerisation (ROTERP) allows the design of block polymerisation cascades with three distinct mechanistic cycles. Ring‐opening polymerisation (ROP), ring‐opening copolymerisation (ROCOP) and ROTERP can be combined in cascades where the onset of the most complex process supresses the occurrence of the simpler ones. The cascades furthermore enable the incorporation of different heteroallenes between blocks.