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"Clickable" polyglycolides: Tunable synthons for thermoresponsive, degradable polymers

Macromolecules, ISSN: 0024-9297, Vol: 41, Issue: 6, Page: 1937-1944
2008
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  • Citations
    169
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      169
  • Captures
    108

Article Description

"Click" chemistry is a powerful method for post-polymerization modification of polymers and other materials. Because of the importance of lactide-based functional polymers in materials and medical applications, we synthesized 3,6-dipropargyl-l,4-dioxane-2,5-dione, an acetylene-funcuonalized glycolide monomer. Its subsequent polymerization and copolymerization with lactide provided a new polyglycolide homopolymer as well as random and block copolymers that have pendant acetylene groups available for the attachment of chemical functionality using "click" chemistry. A protocol was devised to permit "click" functionalization of polyglycolides with no degradation in molecular weight. As one demonstration of the power of this approach to substituted polyglycolides, we have prepared a family of degradable, thermoresponsive materials that exhibit lower critical solution temperatures (LCST) from room temperature to >60°C. © 2008 American Chemical Society.

Bibliographic Details

Xuwei Jiang; Erin B. Vogel; Milton R. Smith; Gregory L. Baker

American Chemical Society (ACS)

Chemistry; Materials Science

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