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EUROPEAN POLYMER JOURNAL
Volume 38, Issue 2, Pages 273-280Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-3057(01)00172-0
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vinylsugars; water-soluble homopolymers; copolymers
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The synthesis of a water-soluble monomer, namely 4-vinylphenyl-D-gluco(D-manno)hexitol (4) derived from D-gluconolactone, is here presented. The homopolymerization of the vinylsugar has been conducted in both aqueous and organic media using free-radical initiators. High-molar-mass water-soluble polymers are obtained. The copolymerization behavior of the vinylphenyl sugar monomer with a hydrophilic monomer such as acrylamide, as well as with a hydrophobic monomer such as styrene, has been investigated. Statistical- and block-type copolymers have thus been prepared. The structures of the polymers were confirmed by NMR and their thermal properties examined by DSC. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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