Volume 124, Issue 6 pp. 4512-4516

The first report on the atom transfer radical polymerization of an optically active acidic monomer based on L-phenylalanine

Shadpour Mallakpour

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Shadpour Mallakpour

Department of Chemistry, Organic Polymer Chemistry Research Laboratory, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan 84156-83111, Islamic Republic of Iran

Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials Institute, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan 84156-83111, Islamic Republic of Iran

Department of Chemistry, Organic Polymer Chemistry Research Laboratory, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan 84156-83111, Islamic Republic of Iran===Search for more papers by this author
Zahra Rafiee

Zahra Rafiee

Department of Chemistry, Yasouj University, Yasouj 75914-353, Islamic Republic of Iran

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First published: 02 December 2011
Citations: 3

Abstract

For the first time, acidic monomer chiral N-acryloyl-L-phenylalanine was polymerized directly by atom transfer radical polymerization under mild conditions. Controlled polymerization was carried out in pure water, methanol/water mixture, or pure methanol using water-soluble initiators, such as 2-hydroxyethyl-2′-methyl-2′-bromopropionate and sodium-4-(bromomethyl)benzoate at room temperature. The corresponding optically active biocompatible amino acid-based homopolymers were obtained in good yields with narrow molecular weight distributions. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci, 2011

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