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Synthesis of Amylose‐ b ‐P 2 VP Block Copolymers
Author(s) -
Kumar Kamlesh,
Woortman Albert J. J.,
Loos Katja
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
macromolecular rapid communications
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.348
H-Index - 154
eISSN - 1521-3927
pISSN - 1022-1336
DOI - 10.1002/marc.201500343
Subject(s) - copolymer , amylose , block (permutation group theory) , polymer chemistry , polymer science , materials science , chemistry , polymer , combinatorics , mathematics , starch , organic chemistry , composite material
A new class of rod–coil block copolymers is synthesized by chemoenzymatic polymerization. In the first step, maltoheptaose, which acts as a primer for the synthesis of amylose, is attached to poly(2‐vinyl pyridine) (P 2 VP). The enzymatic polymerization of maltoheptaose is carried out by phosphorylase to obtain amylose‐ b ‐P 2 VP block copolymers. The block copolymer is characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, nuclear magnetic resonance, gel permeation chromatography, and wide‐angle X‐ray scattering techniques. The designed molecules combine the inclusion complexation ability of amylose with the supramolecular complexation ability of P 2 VP and therefore this kind of rod–coil block copolymers can be used to generate well‐organized novel self‐assembled structures.