从d-葡萄糖和d-银糖制成完全可降解的糖基聚合物
Atanu Bhaumik1, Gregory I Peterson1, Cheol Kang1
1Department of Chemistry , Seoul National University , Seoul 08826 , Republic of Korea.
Journal of the American Chemical Society
|July 25, 2019
概括
使用受控级联聚合物合成新的基于葡萄糖和银的聚合物. 这些可降解的新型糖聚合物在酸性条件下可以完全分解.
科学领域:
- 聚合物化学
- 碳水化合物化学
- 可持续的材料
背景情况:
- 开发可再生资源的新型聚合物对于可持续化学至关重要.
- 糖衍生单体为传统石化原料提供了可生物降解的替代品.
- 需要控制的聚合技术来创建明确的聚合物架构.
研究的目的:
- 通过将开环糖纳入聚合物骨干来合成新型聚合物.
- 调查级聚合的控制性质和生活特征.
- 评估合成糖基聚合物的可降解性.
主要方法:
- 含有内循环和终端的葡萄糖和银衍生单体的级联聚合.
- 聚合物分子重量和分散性的特征.
- 区块共聚物的合成,以证明活的聚合.
- 在酸性条件下的聚合物降解的评估.
主要成果:
- 实现了良好控制的聚合,由线性分子量增加和狭窄的分散度证明.
- 通过区块共聚合物合成证明了活体聚合特性.
- 合成的聚合物成功地将环开放的糖单元纳入脊柱.
- 在酸性条件下实现了快速和完整的聚合物降解为小分子.
结论:
- 级联聚合提供了一种可控的方法来合成基于糖的新型聚合物.
- 由此产生的聚合物具有可调节的特性,并且完全可降解,提供可持续的材料解决方案.
- 这些发现为开发可再生碳水化合物资源的先进生物降解材料开辟了道路.
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