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An Arm-First Approach to Cleavable Mikto-Arm Star Polymers by RAFT Polymerization

An Arm-First Approach to Cleavable Mikto-Arm Star Polymers by RAFT Polymerization

Xiaohu Wei, Graeme Moad, Benjamin W Muir, Ezio Rizzardo, Julien Rosselgong, Wantai Yang, San H Thang

Macromol Rapid Commun. 2014 Apr;35(8):840-5.

PMID: 24504709

Abstract:

Redox-cleavable mikto-arm star polymers are prepared by an "arm-first" approach involving copolymerization of a dimethacrylate mediated by a mixture of macroRAFT agents. Thus, RAFT copolymerization of the monomers BMA, DMAEMA, and OEGMA, with the disulfide dimethacrylate cross-linker (DSDMA), bis(2-methacryloyl)oxyethyl disulfide, mediated by a 1:1:1 mixture of three macroRAFT agents with markedly different properties [hydrophilic, poly[oligo(ethylene glycol) methacrylate]-P(OEGMA)8-9 ; cationizable, poly[2-(dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate]-P(DMAEMA); hydrophobic, poly(n-butyl methacrylate)-P(BMA)] provides low dispersity mikto-arm star polymers. Good control (Đ < 1.3) is observed for the target P(DMAEMA)/P(OEGMA)/P(BMA) (3:3:1) mikto-arm star, a double hydrophilic P(DMAEMA)/P(OEGMA) (3:3) mikto-arm star and a hydrophobic P(BMA) homo-arm star. However, Đ for the target mikto-arm stars increases with an increase in either the ratio [DSDMA]:[total macroRAFT] or the fraction of hydrophobic P(BMA) macroRAFT agent. The quaternized mikto-arm star in dilute aqueous solution shows a monomodal particle size distribution and an average size of ≈145 nm.

Chemicals Related in the Paper:

Catalog Number	Product Name	Structure	CAS Number	Price
AP36837975	Bis(2-methacryloyl)oxyethyl disulfide		36837-97-5	Price

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