Title
Synthesis of amphiphilic graft copolymers with poly(2-methyl-2-oxazoline) side chains and a backbone containing chloromethylstyrene and methyl methacrylate
Date Issued
30 July 2001
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Abstract
New amphiphilic graft copolymers were synthesized by means of a cationic ring-opening polymerization of 2-methyl-2-oxazoline initiated with a statistical copolymer of methyl methacrylate and chloromethylstyrene. The synthesis was carried out in benzonitrile at 110°C. The grafting reaction was quantitative and the yield of grafting was more than 90%. The graft copolymers were characterized by means of NMR, FT-IR, and UV-VIS spectroscopy, as well as elemental analysis and viscosity measurements of their aqueous solutions. The graft copolymers revealed amphiphilic properties and evidence for the formation of micelles and molecular aggregates in aqueous solution. Graft copolymers with relatively short lateral chains are soluble in methanol but insoluble in water, while the copolymers with longer lateral chains are soluble in both methanol and water.
Start page
859
End page
863
Volume
22
Issue
11
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Química analítica
Química inorgánica, Química nuclear
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-0035535629
Source
Macromolecular Rapid Communications
ISSN of the container
10221336
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
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