Copolímeros graftizados de poli[(isobutileno-co-(p,m-clorometilestireno))-graft-poli(2-metil-2-oxazolina)](GP) fueron sintetizados utilizando el método "grafting from" a través de la polimerización catiónica por abertura de anillo de la 2-metil-2-oxazolina (MeOXA) iniciada por el copolímero estadístico de isobutileno y clorornetilestireno. El comportamiento inusual de las soluciones de estos copolímeros graftizados en cloroformo, los resultados del análisis dinámico por dispersión de luz laser en soluciones acuosas, así como su solubilidad en solventes polares tales como agua y metanol demuestran el carácter amfifílico de estos copolímeros graftizados e indican la formación de agregados en solución.

Copolímeros graftizados de poli[(isobutileno-co-(p,m-clorometilestireno))-graft-poli(2-metil-2-oxazolina)](GP) fueron sintetizados utilizando el método "grafting from" a través de la polimerización catiónica por abertura de anillo de la 2-metil-2-oxazolina (MeOXA) iniciada por el copolímero estadístico de isobutileno y clorornetilestireno. El comportamiento inusual de las soluciones de estos copolímeros graftizados en cloroformo, los resultados del análisis dinámico por dispersión de luz laser en soluciones acuosas, así como su solubilidad en solventes polares tales como agua y metanol demuestran el carácter amfifílico de estos copolímeros graftizados e indican la formación de agregados en solución.

New thermo-responsive graft copolymer s and hydrogelswere synthetized. The graft copolymer were synthesized bythe cationic ring-opening polymerizatio n of 2-methyl-2-oxazoline (MeOXA) , or 2-ethyl-2-oxazoline (EtOXA), respectively, initiated by the random copolymer s ofchloromethylstyren e (CMS) and N-isopropylacrylamide(NIPAAm) using the “grafting from” method with a yield of 66to 94%1. The polymers were characterized by NMR, GPC andDSC and the conformational transition (Lower Critical SolutionTemperature-LCST) of macroinitiators and graft copolymerswas determined by the turbidity and DSC measurements. Thetransition temperature of the graft copolymers could be finetunedthrough the composition of the macroinitiator and the graft copolymer. An increasing quantity of the hydrophobiccomonomer chloromethylstyrene in the macroinitiator lowered its LCST, while in the graft copolymer an inc...

New thermo-responsive graft copolymer s and hydrogelswere synthetized. The graft copolymer were synthesized bythe cationic ring-opening polymerizatio n of 2-methyl-2-oxazoline (MeOXA) , or 2-ethyl-2-oxazoline (EtOXA), respectively, initiated by the random copolymer s ofchloromethylstyren e (CMS) and N-isopropylacrylamide(NIPAAm) using the “grafting from” method with a yield of 66to 94%1. The polymers were characterized by NMR, GPC andDSC and the conformational transition (Lower Critical SolutionTemperature-LCST) of macroinitiators and graft copolymerswas determined by the turbidity and DSC measurements. Thetransition temperature of the graft copolymers could be finetunedthrough the composition of the macroinitiator and the graft copolymer. An increasing quantity of the hydrophobiccomonomer chloromethylstyrene in the macroinitiator lowered its LCST, while in the graft copolymer an inc...

New block copolymers (typ AB) were obtained by the ring opening cationic polymerization of2-cyclopropyl- and 2-methoxycarbonylethyl-2-oxazoline, using tosylated polyethylenglycolas initiator. In block copolymers, the polymerization grade of polyethylenglycol (PEG)segment was always 45 units and of the poly(2-oxazolines) segment was variable, between33 to 242 units. The block copolymers, containing 2-methoxycarbonylethyl-2-oxazoline,were submitted to a quantitative hydrólisis of ester groups to obtain carboxylic acid units.The copolymers were characterized structurally by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopyand they show a conformational transition (LCST) between 24 and 48°C, which was functionof the polymer structure, of its content of cyclopropyloxazoline and carboxilic acid groups.

New hydrogels were synthesized based on free radical polymerization of N-isopropylacrylamide (NiPAAm) and macromonomers of 2-oxazolines in presence of clay Laponite XLS (synthetic hectorite). The used macromonomers were statistical copolymers of 2-(2-methoxycarbonylethyl)- and 2-methyl-2-oxazoline, with a polymerization degree of 20 and 24 units and a content of 23 and 49 mol-% of 2-(2-methoxycarbonylethyl)-2-oxazoline, respectively, and had a vinyl group at the chain end. The hydrogel synthesis was carried out using ammonium persulfate (APS) and N,N,N,N-tetramethylethylendiamine (TEMED) as initiating system and Laponite XLS as crosslinker. After polymerization, the esters groups of the obtained hydrogels were hydrolized in situ to obtain carboxylic acids groups. Finally, hydrogels were obtained with high mechanical stability, transparency, and responsivity to temperature and pH. The hyd...