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Multibranched star‐shaped polyethers
Author(s) -
Lapienis Grzegorz,
Penczek Stanislaw
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
macromolecular symposia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.257
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1521-3900
pISSN - 1022-1360
DOI - 10.1002/masy.200390141
Subject(s) - macromolecule , ethylene oxide , molar mass , chemistry , polymer chemistry , alkoxide , phosphoric acid , ethylene , oxide , catalysis , organic chemistry , copolymer , polymer , biochemistry
Synthesis of multibranched star‐shaped polyethers having poly(ethylene oxide)s (PEO) arms is described. The novel method of preparing these multibranched macromolecules consists in reaction of the ‐OH ended oligomers with dicyclic compounds; e.g. monoalkyl ethers of poly(ethylene oxide) with diepoxides in the presence of a basic catalyst, converting a part of the ∼OH groups into ∼OC σ end groups (alkoxide anions). Analysis of the structure of these macromolecules was mostly based on 1 H NMR, MALDI‐TOF, and SEC with triple detection. The absolute values of M w (LS), M w / M n , and [ η ] are given, indicating formation of macromolecules of high molar mass and highly branched. The number of branches was estimated by several methods, including comparison of the Mark‐Houwink (M‐H) dependencies of the obtained products with the M‐H dependence for PEO stars with exactly known number of arms. The final stars were phosphorylated at the −OH ended branches. Almost exclusively monoesters of phosphoric acid were found in 31 P ( 1 H) NMR.