IN AQUA SYNTHESIS OF A HIGH-MOLECULAR-WEIGHT ARYLETHYNYLENE POLYMER WITH REVERSIBLE HYDROGEL PROPERTIES

Authors
LI CJ SLAVEN WT CHEN YP JOHN VT RACHAKONDA SH
Citation
Cj. Li et al., IN AQUA SYNTHESIS OF A HIGH-MOLECULAR-WEIGHT ARYLETHYNYLENE POLYMER WITH REVERSIBLE HYDROGEL PROPERTIES, Chemical communications, (13), 1998, pp. 1351-1352
Citations number
32
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry
Journal title
Chemical communications → ACNP
ISSN journal
13597345
Issue
13
Year of publication
1998
Pages
1351 - 1352
Database
ISI
SICI code
1359-7345(1998):13<1351:IASOAH>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
Palladium catalyzed copolymerization of 3,5-diiodobenzoic acid with ac etylene gas in a basic aqueous medium provides a high molecular weight (similar to 60000), zig-zag phenylethynylene polymer; the polymer has been characterized by a variety of methods and has a high thermostabi lity, is soluble in basic solutions and is reversibly switchable from soluble to hydrogel states in water by changing the pH of the solvent.