ATRP of sugar-carrying amphiphilic graft copolymer using PVDF as macroinitiator

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Jian-Yu Wang, jianyu818@yahoo.com.cn, You-Yi Xu, opl-yyxu@zju.edu.cn, Fan Zhang, Yan-Ling Qian, and Bao-Ku Zhu. Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou Zhejiang 310027, China
Graft copolymer of poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) with sugar-carrying methacrylate, 3-O-methacryloyl-1,2:5,6-di-O-isopropylidene-D-glucofuranose (MAIpGlc) was synthesized via the atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) technique using commercial PVDF as macroinitiator. After treated with 88% formic acid, the isopropylidenyl groups of the precursor graft copolymer (PVDF-g-PMAIpGlc) were converted to the hydroxyl groups, thus producing the amphiphilic graft copolymer (PVDF-g-PMAGlc) with glycopolymer side chains and narrow molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn<1.29).
 

General Papers: Functional Materials
8:00 AM-12:00 PM, Sunday, August 19, 2007 Westin Boston Waterfront -- Douglas, Oral

Division of Polymer Chemistry

The 234th ACS National Meeting, Boston, MA, August 19-23, 2007