Nano-Templates from Thermoresponsive Poly(ethoxytriethyleneglycol acrylate) for Polymeric Nano-Capsules

Temperature responsive poly(ethoxytriethyleneglycol acrylate) (PETEGA) of Mn = 8000 and M_w/M_n = 2.30 was synthesized by ATRP. Dilute aqueous solutions of PETEGA exhibit lower critical solution temperature (LCST) at around 34 °C. We found that PETEGA can form nano-sized uniform colloidal aggregates (50-200 nm) above LCST either with or without an additional surfactant. Therefore PETEGA nano-aggregates were used as templates for the seeded free radical copolymerization of acrylamides or methacrylates together with a cross-linker to form acrylamide or methacrylate based core-shell particles. The formation of the PETEGA templates was investigated by dynamic light scattering (DLS) in order to find optimal conditions for obtaining narrow dispersed aggregates of desired sub-micron dimensions. Core-shell particles were characterized by DLS and scanning electron microscopy.     

Ion binding properties of poly(ethylene oxide)-based networks in dioxane and toluene

Binding constants of alkali picrates to poly(ethylene oxide)-based networks were measured spectrophotometrically in dioxane at 25 and 40°C. The networks were synthesized from aliphatic tri- or tetrafunctional isocyanates and α,ω-diamino-poly-(ethylene glycol)s. The slopes of the Klotz binding plots appear to decrease in the lower picrate concentration range, suggesting that binding of the salt becomes more difficult at high picrate content. It was shown that under saturation conditions six to seven ethylene oxide units are required to bind a sodium picrate ion pair. The affinity of the PEO-resins for the alkali picrate can be enhanced by immobilizing a poly(crown ether) in the network. A number of competition experiments for sodium picrate in toluene was also carried out to obtain the affinity of soluble ligands for alkali salts. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci A: Polym Chem 35 : 1819–1824, 1997     

Complexation of poly(ethylene oxide) and urea

The complexation of ultrahigh-molecular-weight poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) with urea in both the solid and molten states was studied by infrared spectroscopy. Information about the temperature dependences of the absorption bands in the 3600–2600 and 1300–600 cm^?1 region on heating and cooling was obtained. Some conclusions concerning the interaction between PEO and urea were also made. The formation of a high temperature, metastable molecular complex between PEO and urea, which is susceptible to undercooling, was confirmed spectroscopically. Heating to 85–90°C resulted in a molecular complex stable at room temperature.© 1994 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Double Salts Formation in the Systems MX–MeX 2–H2O (M=K,NH4, Rb,Cs; Me=Mg,Mn, Fe,Co, Ni,Cu; X=Cl,Br)

Monatshefte für Chemie - Chemical Monthly - ?The data available on the solubility phase diagrams and on the crystallization of chloride and bromide double salts in the systems...     

Untersuchung des Systems NaAl(SO4)2?CsAl(SO4)2?H2O bei 25°C und der daraus entstehenden festen Phasen

The solubility diagram of the system NaAl(SO₄)₂–CsAl(SO₄)₂–H₂O was investigated at 25°C. This is a system in which -and -alums participate. The fields of cristallization are outlined. There is one wide field of cesium aluminium alum and one, very narrow, of sodium aluminium alum. The eutonic point of the system lies at the composition of the liquid phase corresponding to 27.90 wt.% NaAl(SO₄)₂ and 0.008 wt.% CsAl(SO₄)₂. It was found that mixed crystals are not formed in the system. The solid phases were investigated by X-ray diffraction andDTA.     

Mixed block copolymer aggregates with tunable temperature behavior

A block copolymer of propylene oxide (PO) and ethoxyethyl glycidyl ether (EEGE), (PO)(2)(EEGE)(6)(PO)(2), that has been found to possess lower critical solution temperature properties in water in the temperature range below 20 degrees C was mixed at 1:0.1, 1:1, and 1:10 weight ratios with commercially available Pluronic (L64 or P85) block copolymers. The cooperative association of the copolymers in aqueous solution was studied by dynamic light scattering over a wide temperature range (5-60 degrees C). At lower temperatures, the systems containing either L64 or P85 behave similarly irrespective of the composition: three species corresponding to (PO)(2)(EEGE)(6)(PO)(2) unimers, Pluronic-dominated mixed micelles, and large (50-60 nm in radius) composite (PO)(2)(EEGE)(6)(PO)(2)/Pluronic aggregates were identified. At a certain temperature, which is composition-dependent, the systems phase-separate [(PO)(2)(EEGE)(6)(PO)(2)/L64 1:0.1], enter an interval of instability [(PO)(2)(EEGE)(6)(PO)(2)/L64 1:1 and 1:10], or rearrange by dissociation of the large composite particles [(PO)(2)(EEGE)(6)(PO)(2)/P85]. The presence of a Pluronic micellar peak in the relaxation time distribution at lower temperatures, the dimensions of the composite particles, and the different behavior of the systems at elevated temperatures are discussed. A possible application of the thermosensitive mixtures in delivery/release of active substances is suggested.     

Intramolecular general acid catalysis of phosphate transfer. nucleophilic attack by oxyanions on the PO3 2- group

Phosphate transfer from the 8-dimethylammonium-naphthyl-1-phosphate monoanion 4m to water and to a range of nucleophiles shows general acid catalysis by the neighboring NH(+) group, through the strong intramolecular hydrogen bond. Reactivity is insensitive to the charge on the nucleophile, so that fluoride and oxyanions displace dimethylaminonaphthol from the PO3(2-) group as effectively as do amines of the same basicity. Reactivity is (predictably) relatively insensitive to the basicity of the nucleophile and to the alpha-effect. A strong intramolecular hydrogen bond is present in the product, but also in the reactant, as evidenced by major perturbations in the pK(a)'s of the phosphate and dimethylamino groups, to 3.94 and 9.31, respectively, and by ab initio calculations. Rate accelerations are of the order of 10(6)-fold despite this stabilization: the strength of the hydrogen bond is evidently significantly enhanced in the transition state. The evidence suggests that it also depends remarkably strongly on the degree of ionization of the reacting phosphate group and will be significantly reduced for the neutral PO(OH)2 group. Thus, the hydrolysis of the substrate cation 4+ shows a correspondingly greater, >10(8)-fold acceleration.     

Reaction of the nitrile of 3,3-diphenyl-2-propenic acid with the carbanions of some α-branched nitriles Short communication

Reaction of the nitrile of 3,3-diphenyl-2-propenic acid with -branched nitriles in the presence of lithium amide in liquid ammonia does not give the correspondingMichael adducts but the ,-unsaturated nitriles6. Conc. sulfuric acid transforms these nitriles into the -lactones7.

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Reaktion von 3,3-Diphenyl-2-propensäurenitril mit den Carbanionen einiger -verzweigter Nitrile (Kurze Mitteilung)

Zusammenfassung Die Reaktion von 3,3-Diphenyl-2-propensäurenitril mit -verzweigten Nitrilen in Gegenwart von Lithiumamid in flüssigem Ammoniak führt nicht zu den entsprechendenMichael-Addukten, sondern zu den ,-ungesättigten Nitrilen6. Durch Einwirkung von konz. Schwefelsäure entstehen aus diesen Nitrilen die -Lactone7.

     

Di-cyclopentadienyl- und di-indenyl-calcium-komplexe mit ammoniak und tetrahydrofuran

Dicyclopentadienyl- and diindenyl-calcium and their complexes with twofold coordinated ammonia and tetrahydrofuran are obtained by metalation of cyclopentadiene or indene with calcium or calcium amide in liquid ammonia and subsequent treatment with tetrahydrofuran and heat. IR and ¹H NMR spectroscopy are used for structure elucidation. The reactivity of the complexes both in alkylation and in interaction with carbonyl compounds is studied. In this manner alkyl, hydroxyalkyl and alkylidene derivatives of cyclopentadiene and indene axe obtained.