Issue 5, 2015

Water soluble well-defined acidic graft copolymers based on a poly(propylene glycol) macromonomer

Abstract

A series of well-defined amphiphilic graft copolymers based on poly(propylene glycol)methacrylate (PPGMA) extended with a polymethacrylate segment containing methacrylic acid units was successfully synthesized, combining atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP), esterification, “grafting from” polymerization, and acidolysis. The multistep procedure yielded hydroxy-functionalized polymers (6–47 mol% of PPGMA), bromoester-functionalized copolymers as multifunctional macroinitiators (nBr = 8–25), PPGMA-based copolymers with poly(tert-butyl methacrylate) (PtBMA) segments (DPtBMA = 18–59), and copolymers varying in hydrophilic fraction content (FMAA = 0.28–0.54). After the generation of methacrylic acid units the PPGMA-based graft polymers attained a good solubility in polar solvents such as methanol and water. The particles, which were formed in aqueous solution, achieved sizes in the nanoscale range (165–230 nm) and negative zeta potentials.

Graphical abstract: Water soluble well-defined acidic graft copolymers based on a poly(propylene glycol) macromonomer

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
03 Sep 2014
Accepted
01 Dec 2014
First published
01 Dec 2014

RSC Adv., 2015,5, 3627-3635

Water soluble well-defined acidic graft copolymers based on a poly(propylene glycol) macromonomer

P. Maksym-Bębenek, T. Biela and D. Neugebauer, RSC Adv., 2015, 5, 3627 DOI: 10.1039/C4RA09738F

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