Threading of cyclodextrins onto a polyester of octanedicarboxylic acid and polyethylene glycol

A water-soluble polyester was synthesized from dimethyl octane-1,8-dicarboxylate and polyethylene glycol (M̄_n = 900). This polymer forms water-soluble inclusion compounds with α-, β- and hydroxypropyl-α-cyclodextrin as proven by surface tension measurements, ¹H NMR spectroscopy and titration microcalorimetry. Mainly the octamethylene segments were covered by the cyclodextrins. This inclusion can be used to increase the solubility and the critical micelle concentration of the polyester in water.     

Identification and quantification of polyethylene glycol types in polyethylene glycol methyl ether and polyethylene glycol vinyl ether

Quantitative determination of polyethylene glycol (PEG) impurities in two monofunctional polyglycol types, PEG methyl ether (M-PEG) and PEG vinyl ether (V-PEG), has been carried out by reversed-phase liquid chromatography with evaporative light scattering detection (ELSD). In addition to optimizing the resolution between PEG and monofunctional PEG peaks, the major focus has been to determine the molecular weights of PEG impurities in M-PEG and V-PEG of diverse molecular weights. The latter is achieved by examining liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry (LC–MS) mass spectra of both monofunctional PEG and PEG in several cases, and matching peak retention times with those of available PEG standards for all M-PEG and V-PEG sample types. This information is helpful in selecting the appropriate PEG standard to determine PEG content in each sample type. ELSD response factors for various PEG standards have also been compared. It has been found that PEG standards with molecular weights from 1000 Da to 8000 Da show responses that are within 10% of each other. However, a low molecular weight PEG such as PEG 400, provides approximately 30% less response compared to its higher molecular weight counterparts.     

Amino acid-modified cyclodextrins as ligands for Heck reaction in water

Three novel amino-acid modified β-cyclodextrins were synthesized, which were used as supramolecular hosts and promoters for the Pd-catalyzed Heck reactions of aryl iodides with styrene in aqueous solution to give the corresponding adducts with high yields (up to 95 %). The catalyst can be recovered and reused.     

Effect of cyclodextrins on saccharide sensing function of a fluorescent phenylboronic acid in water.

An inclusion complex consisting of a fluorescent phenylboronic acid (C1-APB) and beta-cyclodextrin (beta-CD) acts as a supramolecular saccharide sensor whose response mechanism is based on photoinduced electron transfer (PET). This study evaluated four kinds of cyclodextrins (alpha-CD, beta-CD, gamma-CD, and NH(2)-beta-CD) by comparing their pH profiles, and confirmed that beta-CD was the best host for C1-APB because the C1-APB/beta-CD complex exhibited high affinity for saccharides as well as high fluorescent recovery upon saccharide binding. An investigation of the beta-CD concentration effect revealed the formation of a 1:1 inclusion complex of C1-APB with beta-CD. The observed saccharide selectivity of the C1-APB/beta-CD complex is in the following order: D-fructose (4039 +/- 69 M(-1)) > D-ribose (1083 +/- 26 M(-1)) > L-arabinose (474 +/- 11 M(-1)) > D-galactose (318 +/- 3 M(-1)) > maltotoriose (135 +/- 5 M(-1)) > D-glucose (114 +/- 2 M(-1)) > maltose (81 +/- 2 M(-1)). In addition to monomer emission, dimer emission from pyrene dimers was observed in the spectra for the C1-APB/gamma-CD complex, which allowed a ratiometric analysis. This study shows that the combination of a simple fluorescent probe, C1-APB, with various CDs diversifies the response systems for saccharide recognition.     

Supramolecular polymers based on cyclodextrins

Two types of supramolecular polymers based on cyclodextrins were prepared. One was a host–guest type, and the other was a polyrotaxane type. When a guest part was covalently attached to cyclodextrin, they formed supramolecular dimers, a cyclic daisy chain, supramolecular oligomers, and polymers. t-Boc-cinnamamide-α-cyclodextrin was found to form chiral supramolecular polymers in aqueous solutions. Supramolecular poly[2]rotaxane polymers and supramolecular α,β-cyclodextrin copolymers were obtained. Polyrotaxanes containing β-cyclodextrin or γ-cyclodextrin were prepared. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 44: 5113–5119, 2006     

Supramolecular complexes based on cyclodextrins

A summary of the application of cyclodextrins (CDs) in the field of supramolecular chemistry has been given. Unique structural features of CDs, namely the separation of hydrophilic and hydrophobic groups, cause unusual physical and chemical properties of these molecules. The most important property of natural or chemically modified CDs is the ability to reversibly and selectively bind organic, inorganic, and biological molecules, forming inclusion complexes (ICs) of the “guest-host” type or nanostructured supramolecular assemblies. The most interesting examples of the application of ICs with CDs in pharmaceutical, food, and chemical industry, spectrometric analysis, separation technologies, of the use of CDs as models for molecular recognition in biology, as well as the cyclical component in the construction of supramolecular architectures (rotaxanes, pseudorotaxanes) are given in the review. The mechanism and methods of the formation of ICs, their properties and the methods of analysis have been described. Particular attention has been paid to molecular necklaces. One of the new promising directions of the application of CDs, namely, the preparation of nanosized materials, has been considered.     

Molecular association in polyethylene glycol

Summary Existence of intra and intermolecular hydrogen bonds has been confirmed in the literature. Present reduced viscosity studies of PEG solution in urea and thiourea also confirm the view of the presence of the molecular association of PEG in water by intermolecular hydrogen bonding as well as of the existence of intramolecular hydrogen bonding in PEG molecules. The existence of intramolecular hydrogen bonding is more appreciated in the case of PEG solution in relatively smaller concentration of urea and thiourea. The presence of urea and thiourea is responsible for the breaking of hydrogen bonds which result in the change of molecular size and conformation.

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Zusammenfassung Das Auftreten von intra- und intermolekularen Wasserstoff bindungen bei Polymeren wird in der Literatur schon bestätigt. Wir zeigten an Polyäthylenglycollösungen in Wasser mit und ohne Harnstoff und Thioharnstoff, daß sich die Existenz von solchen Wasserstoffbrücken in vorliegendem Falle ebenfalls bestätigen läßt.

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Supramolecular assemblies based on amphiphilic cyclodextrins

Abstract

The capacity of two types of amphiphilic β-cyclodextrin (CD) derivatives, heptakis-C6-alkylamido β-CD (I) and heptakis-C6-ammonium tetradecakis-O2,O3-alkyl β-CD (II), to form organized assemblies with l α-phosphatidylcholine-dipalmitoyl (dppc) and iotacarrageenan is described. These systems are studied using a Langmuir balance. The formation of stable mixed layers between I and II and dppc is observed. The interaction between II and iota-carrageenan leads to a dimunition in the fluidity of monomolecular layers. The physicochemical properties of I are described via variable temperature ¹H-NMR studies.     

Effect of polyethylene glycol on the crystallization and impact properties of polylactide‐based blends

Polylactide (PLA) was plasticized by polyethylene glycols (PEGs) with five different molecular weights (M_w = 200–20,000 g/mol). The effects of content and molecular weight of PEG on the crystallization and impact properties of PLA were studied by wide‐angle X‐ray diffraction, differential scanning calorimetry, scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, and V‐notched impact tests, respectively. The results revealed that PEG‐10,000 could significantly improve the crystallization capacity and impact toughness of PLA. When the PEG‐10,000 content ranged from 0 to 20 wt%, the increases in both V‐notched Izod and Charpy impact strengths of PLA/PEG‐10,000 blends were 206.10% and 137.25%, respectively. Meanwhile, the crystallinity of PLA/PEG‐10,000 blends increased from 3.95% to 43.42%. For 10 wt% PEG content, the crystallization and impact properties of PLA/PEG blends mainly depended upon PEG molecular weight. With increasing the M_w of PEG, the crystallinity and impact strength of PLA/PEG blends first decreased and then increased. The introduction of PEG reduced the intermolecular force and enhanced the mobility of PLA chains, thus improving the crystallization capacity and flexibility of PLA. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

固载化聚乙二醇的催化作用

本文报道了聚苯乙烯固载聚乙二醇三相催化剂在卡宾的生成、酯化、假性紫罗兰酮、二茂铁、芳氧乙酸、对硝基茴香醇的合成和C、N-烃基化等反应中的应用，并对其催化机理进行了探讨．     

Effects of fullerenes on thermal behaviors of polyethylene glycol

Effects of fullerenes including FS, EFS and pure C₆₀ on thermal behaviors of polyethylene glycol (PEG) have been studied by employing thermogravimetry-differential thermogravimetry (TG-DTG), differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) and off-line furnace-type pyrolysis-gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (Py-GC/MS). The products were collected by Cambridge filter pad which was widely used in analyzing the combustion products of cigarette. The results showed that the addition of fullerenes obviously restrained the thermal decomposition of PEG. The initial decomposition temperatures (IDT) and maximum decomposition peak temperatures (MDT) were evidently postponed by the addition of fullerenes. Pyrolysis products with one or two hydroxyl end groups obviously increased with the addition of 10% C60. The reasons of the changes were discussed from the aspects of reaction mechanisms.     

Comparison of the migration behavior of nanoparticles based on polyethylene glycol and silica using micellar electrokinetic chromatography

Nanoparticles, spherical particles with diameters less than 100 nm, are promising theranostic devices for noninvasive diagnosis and therapy. In this study, nanoparticles composed of polyethylene glycol and silica were prepared, and their migration behavior was examined using capillary electrophoresis. The effects of the sodium dodecyl sulfate concentration in the electrolyte, the nanoparticle size, and the encapsulated molecule on the migration were examined. The addition of sodium dodecyl sulfate into the electrolyte had a significant effect on the electrophoretic mobility of polyethylene glycol nanoparticles, but a small effect on that of silica nanoparticles. As for the size effect, the mobility became a little faster for smaller nanoparticle sizes for both polyethylene glycol and silica nanoparticles. The encapsulated molecule affected the mobility of the nanoparticles through interactions between the encapsulated molecules and sodium dodecyl sulfate. We propose that the large effect of sodium dodecyl sulfate on the migration of the polyethylene glycol nanoparticles was due to the large spaces within the nanoparticles. These results indicate that nanoparticle migration is mainly determined by the nanoparticle components.     

A coarse-grained model for polyethylene glycol polymer

A coarse-grained (CG) model of polyethylene glycol (PEG) was developed and implemented in CG molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of PEG chains with degree of polymerization (DP) 20 and 40. In the model, two repeat units of PEG are grouped as one CG bead. Atomistic MD simulation of PEG chains with DP = 20 was first conducted to obtain the bonded structural probability distribution functions (PDFs) and nonbonded pair correlation function (PCF) of the CG beads. The bonded CG potentials are obtained by simple inversion of the corresponding PDFs. The CG nonbonded potential is parameterized to the PCF using both an inversion procedure based on the Ornstein-Zernike equation with the Percus-Yevick approximation (OZPY(-1)) and a combination of OZPY(-1) with the iterative Boltzmann inversion (IBI) method (OZPY(-1)+IBI). As a simple one step method, the OZPY(-1) method possesses an advantage in computational efficiency. Using the potential from OZPY(-1) as an initial guess, the IBI method shows fast convergence. The coarse-grained molecular dynamics (CGMD) simulations of PEG chains with DP = 20 using potentials from both methods satisfactorily reproduce the structural properties from atomistic MD simulation of the same systems. The OZPY(-1)+IBI method yields better agreement than the OZPY(-1) method alone. The new CG model and CG potentials from OZPY(-1)+IBI method was further tested through CGMD simulation of PEG with DP = 40 system. No significant changes are observed in the comparison of PCFs from CGMD simulations of PEG with DP = 20 and 40 systems indicating that the potential is independent of chain length.     

A filter paper coated with phenylboronic acid-modified mesoporous silica for enrichment of intracellular nucleosides prior to their quantitation by HPLC

Microchimica Acta - The authors describe a filter paper modified with mesoporous silica that carries phenylboronic acid on its surface. The material possesses the advantages of the flexibility of...     

Adsorption of polyethylene glycol on platinum electrode from acidic solutions

The effect of the molecular mass of polyethylene glycol (PEG) on its adsorption on platinized platinum from aqueous solutions of 0.5 M H₂SO₄ and 1 M HCl is studied using the methods of open-circuit potential shifts and voltammetry. In sulfuric acid solutions, the PEG adsorption is accompanied by dehydrogenation and hydrogenation processes, which probably involve the terminal groups of polymers. For PEG with the molecular mass of 600–40000, the established stationary surface states turn out to be close to one another. Anions Cl^? inhibit the PEG adsorption and electrooxidation. The adsorption behavior of PEG samples studied substantially differs from that of ethylene glycol under comparable conditions.     

Guided three-dimensional growth of functional cardiomyocytes on polyethylene glycol nanostructures

We introduce well-defined nanopillar arrays of a poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) hydrogel as a cell culture platform to guide a 3D construct of primary rat cardiomyocytes in vitro for potential tissue engineering applications. Ultraviolet (UV)-assisted capillary lithography was used to fabricate highly uniform approximately 150 nm PEG pillars with approximately 400 nm height. It was found that cell adhesion was significantly enhanced on PEG nanopillars (132 +/- 29 cells/mm2) compared to that on the bare PEG control (39 +/- 17 cells/mm2) (p < 0.05) but substantially reduced compared to that on the glass control (502 +/- 45 cells/mm2) (p < 0.01). Furthermore, in colonizing cardiomyocytes, the nanopillars stimulated self-assembled aggregates among the contacting cells with 3D growth, which is a unique feature for nanopatterned PEG hydrogels as a cell culture substrate. The 3D-grown cardiomyocytes retained their conductive and contractile properties, as evidenced by the observation of beating cardiomyocytes with robust action potential generation.     

Plasma-induced graft-polymerisation of ethylene glycol methacrylate phosphate on polyethylene films

A detailed study of argon plasma-induced graft-polymerisation of ethylene glycol methacrylate phosphate (EGMP) on polyethylene (PE) substrates is presented. The process consists of four steps: (a) plasma pre-activation of the PE substrates; (b) immersion in an EGMP solution; (c) argon plasma-induced graft-polymerisation; (d) washing and drying of the samples. Influence of the solution and plasma parameters on the process efficiency, evaluated in terms of amount of grafted polymer and coverage uniformity, is investigated. The plasma-induced graft-polymerisation of EGMP is then followed by sample weighting, contact angle measurements, attenuated total reflection infrared (ATR-IR) spectroscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic (XPS) analysis. Finally, flame-retardant properties of modified PE substrates are evaluated by limiting oxygen index (LOI) measurements.     

基于环糊精的农药吸附剂的研究进展

农药的研发与使用极大地提高了农作物的产量,为解决人类温饱、改善人类生活品质做出了贡献。但是,农药广泛残留于农副产品以及土壤和水体中,造成的污染日趋严重。残留的农药通常具有微量致毒、难生物降解、生物累积等特性,对生物健康与生态系统造成了巨大威胁。高效检测微量农药、减小污染危害是亟待解决的问题。吸附法具有成本低、操作简单、稳定性强、可重复性强的特点,在农药分离预富集领域得到了广泛关注。作为一种常用的农药吸附剂材料,环糊精是一类具有空腔的超分子化合物,能够作为主体通过主客体作用形成包合物;另外,可以通过醚化、酯化、氧化等化学反应对环糊精进行后修饰以提高其吸附性能。疏水作用、静电作用、范德华力、氢键作用、立体效应协同促进对农药的吸附。环糊精在农药吸附领域已经取得了一定进展,但是目前还没有基于环糊精的农药吸附剂的综述。该文针对杀菌剂、杀虫剂、除草剂、植物生长调节剂这4类农药,系统性地评述了基于环糊精的农药吸附剂的制备、吸附机理及应用,目前存在个别吸附剂吸附容量不高、降解机理不明确、降解产物对环境不友好、容易造成二次污染的问题,研发高吸附容量、易回收、易分离、易再生的基于环糊精的农药吸附剂是未来的主要研究方向。     

Melting behavior of pure polyethylene glycol 6000 and polyethylene glycol 6000 in solid dispersions containing diazepam or temazepam: a DSC study

The purpose of the present study was to investigate the melting behavior of polyethylene glycol 6000 (PEG 6000) as such as well as in solid dispersions containing diazepam or temazepam, prepared by solvent and fusion methods, using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). It was shown that the melting behavior of pure PEG 6000 is influenced by the crystallization procedure applied. Fusion at 80°C followed by cooling always yielded three different crystal modifications. The rate of cooling (under controlled conditions) was found to have a significant influence on the relative distribution of the three modifications: the lower the cooling rate, the higher the relative amount of the extended modification. Crystallization from organic solution yielded mainly the once folded form. The presence of diazepam and temazepam influenced the relative amount of the different PEG 6000 modifications. Both drugs decreased the formation of the more stable modification, while the formation of the twice folded form was induced. However, in the case of temazepam the contribution of the extended form at higher drug levels increased in dispersions obtained from organic solutions.