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Western University

2020

Polymers

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Transesterification Of Poly(Ethyl Glyoxylate): A Route To Structurally Diverse Polyglyoxylates, Rebecca E. Yardley, Amir Rabiee Kenaree, Xiaoli Liang, Elizabeth R. Gillies Oct 2020

Transesterification Of Poly(Ethyl Glyoxylate): A Route To Structurally Diverse Polyglyoxylates, Rebecca E. Yardley, Amir Rabiee Kenaree, Xiaoli Liang, Elizabeth R. Gillies

Chemistry Publications

Polyglyoxylates are a class of self-immolative polymers that depolymerize in solution and the solid state. The glyoxylic acid degradation product is a metabolite in the glyoxylate cycle and can also be processed in the liver in humans, making polyglyoxylates attractive for applications in the environment and in medicine. Although expanding the scope of available polyglyoxylates would enable new properties and applications, highly pure glyoxylate monomers are required for polymerization, and this level of purity is difficult to achieve for many potential monomers. To address this challenge, we report here the 1,5,7-triazabicyclo[4.4.0]dec-5-ene (TBD)-catalyzed post-polymerization transesterification of poly(ethyl glyoxylate) (PEtG) as a …


Thermoresponsive Self-Immolative Polyglyoxylamides., Amir Rabiee Kenaree, Quinton E. A. Sirianni, Kyle Classen, Elizabeth R. Gillies Aug 2020

Thermoresponsive Self-Immolative Polyglyoxylamides., Amir Rabiee Kenaree, Quinton E. A. Sirianni, Kyle Classen, Elizabeth R. Gillies

Chemistry Publications

Thermoresponsive polymers with lower critical solution temperatures (LCSTs) are of significant interest for a wide range of applications from sensors to drug delivery vehicles. However, the most widely investigated LCST polymers have nondegradable backbones, limiting their applications


Phosphonium Versus Ammonium Compact Polyelectrolyte Complex Networks With Alginate-Comparing Their Properties And Cargo Encapsulation., Tristan D. Harrison, Alexandre J. Salmon, John R. De Bruyn, Paul J. Ragogna, Elizabeth R. Gillies Jul 2020

Phosphonium Versus Ammonium Compact Polyelectrolyte Complex Networks With Alginate-Comparing Their Properties And Cargo Encapsulation., Tristan D. Harrison, Alexandre J. Salmon, John R. De Bruyn, Paul J. Ragogna, Elizabeth R. Gillies

Chemistry Publications

Phosphonium and ammonium polymers can be combined with polyanions to form polyelectrolyte complex (PEC) networks, with potential application in self-healing materials and drug delivery vehicles. While various structures and compositions have been explored, to the best of our knowledge, analogous ammonium and phosphonium networks have not been directly compared to evaluate the effects of phosphorus versus nitrogen cations on the network properties. In this study, we prepared PECs from sodium alginate and poly[triethyl(4-vinylbenzyl)phosphonium chloride], poly[triethyl(4-vinylbenzyl)ammonium chloride], poly[tri(