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MACROMOLECULES
Volume 41, Issue 21, Pages 7892-7897Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/ma801353b
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- National Science Foundation [BES 0402212, CHE 0350121, CHE 0718879]
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Elaborate biocompatible block copolymer architectures are achievable via controlled ring opening polymerization (ROP). Selective incorporation of donor groups results in macroligands that can coordinate metals to form site-isolated metallopolymers. A hydroxyl-functionalized bipyridine, bpy(CH2OH)(2), was employed as an initiator for the ROP of ethylene oxide, producing bpyPEG(2). Subsequent reaction with epsilon-caprolactone followed by lactide (D,L- and L-) results in well-defined bpy-centered triblock PCL-PEG-bpy-PEG-PCL and pentablock PLA-PCL-PEG-bpy-PEG-PCL-PLA and PLLA-PCL-PEG-bpy-PEG-PCL-PLLA macroligands, respectively, with low polydispersity indices (PLA = D,L-polylactide, PCL = poly(epsilon-caprolactone), PEG = poly(ethylene glycol), PLLA = L-polylactide). These systems were combined with FeCl2 to produce iron-centered star blocks [Fe{bpy(PEG-PCL)(2)}(3)]Cl-2, [Fe{bpy(PEG-PCL-PLA)(2)}(3)]Cl-2, and [Fe{bpy(PEG-PCL-PLLA)(2)}(3)]Cl-2 with six diblock and triblock arms. Materials were characterized by gel permeation chromatography (GPC), H-1 NMR, and UV-vis spectroscopy, verifying that synthetic targets were achieved. Thermal gravimetric analysis shows decomposition temperatures corresponding to PEG, PCL, and PLA blocks, and melting temperatures are typical for these materials.
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