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Trapping of Thiol Terminated Acrylate Polymers With Divinyl Sulfone to Generate Well-Defined Semi-Telechelic Michael Acceptor Polymers

Trapping of Thiol Terminated Acrylate Polymers With Divinyl Sulfone to Generate Well-Defined Semi-Telechelic Michael Acceptor Polymers

Gregory N Grover, Steevens N S Alconcel, Nicholas M Matsumoto, Heather D Maynard

Macromolecules. 2009 Oct 27;42(20):7657-7663.

PMID: 21552430

Abstract:

Herein we report the synthesis of vinyl sulfone end functionalized PEGylated polymers by reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization for conjugation to proteins. Poly(ethylene glycol) methyl ether acrylate (PEGA) was polymerized in the presence of 1-phenylethyl dithiobenzoate with 2,2'-azobis(2-methylpropionitrile) as the initiator to generate well-defined polyPEGAs with number-average molecular weights (M(n)) by gel permeation chromatography (GPC) of 6.7 kDa, 11.8 kDa and 16.1 kDa. Post-polymerization, the majority of polymer chains contained the dithioester functional group at the omega chain end, and the polydispersity indexes (PDI) of the polymers ranged from 1.08 to 1.24. The dithioester was subsequently reduced via aminolysis, and the resulting thiol was trapped with a divinyl sulfone in situ to produce semi-telechelic, vinyl sulfone polyPEGAs with efficiencies ranging between 85% and 99%. It was determined that the retention of vinyl sulfone was directly related to reaction time, with the maximum dithioester being transformed into a vinyl sulfone within 30 minutes. Longer reaction times resulted in slow decomposition of the vinyl sulfone end group. The resulting semi-telechelic vinyl sulfone polymers were then conjugated to a protein containing a free cysteine, bovine serum albumin (BSA). Gel electrophoresis demonstrated that the reaction was highly efficient and that conjugates of increasing size were readily prepared. After polymer attachment, the activity of the BSA was 92% of the unmodified biomolecule.

Chemicals Related in the Paper:

Catalog Number	Product Name	Structure	CAS Number	Price
AP68951962	Poly(dimethylsiloxane-co-diphenylsiloxane), divinyl terminated		68951-96-2	Price

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