Fast and Convenient Synthesis of Amine-Terminated Polylactide as a Macroinitiator for ω-Benzyloxycarbonyl-L-Lysine-N-Carboxyanhydrides. (28th August 2011)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ju, Mingjie; Gong, Feirong; Cheng, Shujun; Gao, Yun
• Other Names: Wang Shanfeng Academic Editor.
• Is Part Of: International journal of polymer science. Volume 2011(2011)
• Publication Date: 2011-08-28
• Subjects: Polymers -- Periodicals; Polymers; Periodicals; 547.7
• DOI: 10.1155/2011/381076
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1687-9422

Abstract

Abstract : Amine-terminated poly (L-lactide) (NH2 -PLLA) with various chain lengths were successfully synthesized by sequential tert-butyl- N -(3-hydroxypropyl) carbamate initiated bulk ring-opening polymerization (ROP) of L-lactide (L-LA) in the presence of Stannous(II) 2-ethylhexanoate (Sn(Oct)2 ) and deprotection of the N - tert -butoxycarbonyl (Boc) group at the end of the polymer chain. The polymers obtained were characterized by FT-IR, 1 H NMR, and GPC method. NH2 -PLLA thus prepared was used to initiate the polymerization of ω-benzyloxycarbonyl-L-lysine- N -carboxyanhydride (Lys (Z)-NCA), and the result confirmed the high nucleophilicity of the terminal amine group. This method was not only suitable for the preparation of low molecular weight NH2 -PLLA, but also quite efficient in the synthesis of high molecular weight samples.