Synthesis and Characterization of Amphiphilic PEG Based Polymers and Their Self Assembling Behavior

Sixteen amphiphilic polymers were synthesized using poly(ethylene glycols) (PEGs) of different molecular weights, viz. 1000, 1500, 2000 and 4000 as hydrophilic block and linkers namely azelaic acid, suberic acid, terephthalic acid and glycolic acid as hydrophobic block in the presence of catalyst conc. H₂SO₄ out of which four with glycolic acid as linker are new. Synthesized polymers were characterized by using ¹H-NMR, ¹³C-NMR and IR spectroscopy. Micellar sizes of the polymers were determined using Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS) technique which ranged from 32.1–262.0 nm and confirmed by Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM) analysis. Molecular weights were determined using HORIBA SZ-100 scientific and varied from 6.5?×?10² to 6.5?×?10³ Kilo Daltons(kDa) by Debye plot. Critical Micelle Concentrations (CMC) of the synthesized polymers was determined using electrical conductivity meter and it ranged from 105 to 125 milligrams per litre (mg L^?1).     

CHEMO-ENZYMATIC SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF NOVEL FUNCTIONALIZED AMPHIPHILIC POLYMERS

ABSTRACT

The condensation copolymerization of Dimethyl 5-hydroxyisophthalate (1) with Polyethylene glycols (PEGs) (2a–2d) of varying molecular weights, catalyzed by Novozyme-435 (immobilized Candida antarctica lipase B) in bulk is reported. The structures of the resulting polymers, Poly[(poly(oxyethylene)-oxy-5-hydroxyisophthaloyl] (3a–3c) were characterized by ¹H (1D and 2D) and ¹³C-NMR spectroscopic experiments. Further, these polymers have been derivatized by attaching decanyl and 12-hydroxydodecanyl chains to the phenolic hydroxyl group. The resulting amphiphilic polymeric systems were characterized by detailed spectroscopic analysis. Light Scattering Photometry as well as Gel Per meation Chromatography were used to evaluate the particle size and molecular weights of the polymers. In principle, the method developed is flexible so that it can be used to generate a wide array of functionalized amphiphilic polymers. In the absence of biocatalytic transformation, such structural control would be extremely difficult or currently impossible to obtain.     

Oxidative Deselenylation with Sodium Perborate and Sodium Percarbonate

In the presence of acetic anhydride, both sodium perborate and sodium percarbonate have been found to be effective reagents for the oxidation of α-phenylselenocarbonyl compounds to α,β,-unsaturated carbonyl compounds.     

Synthesis of Resorcinarene Derivatives via the Catalyzed Mannich Reaction,Part 3: Glycol Derivatives of Resorcinarene

A series of resorcinarene glycol derivatives have been synthesized as secondary substitution products via a Mannich reaction catalyzed by iminodiacetic acid. The products are potentially useful candidates as podands for supramolecular chemistry. The synthesis presented in this article is effective and uses readily available and inexpensive substrates.     

LC-ESI-MS determination of diethylene glycol pollution in sea water samples collected around gas extraction platform plants

Produced formation waters (PFWs) represent the largest aqueous wastes that are normally discharged into the marine environment during the offshore gas production processes. The chemical additive diethylene glycol (DEG) is widely used in the gas production line and therefore can be found in the PFW, becoming of environmental concern. In this study, a new method has been developed for trace determination of DEG in sea water samples collected around offshore gas platforms. The method is based on liquid chromatography coupled to electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (LC-ESI-MS). Prior to analysis, water samples were derivatized using the Schotten-Baumann method for the benzoylation of glycols. The derivatization procedure allowed us to maximize the ESI-MS response of DEG and minimize the influence of interfering compounds. The method was validated and allowed a quantification of DEG in sea water samples with a method LOD of 0.4 ng/mL. The applicability of the procedure was demonstrated by analyzing sea water samples collected around eight gas platforms located in the Adriatic Sea (Italy).     

Effect of transesterification reactions on the crystallization behaviour and morphology of poly(butylene/diethylene succinate) block copolymers

The melting behaviour, the crystallization kinetics and the morphology of block poly(butylene/diethylene succinate) copolymers (PBSPDGS) were investigated by means of differential scanning calorimetry and hot stage optical microscopy. Multiple endotherms were evidenced in the PBSPDGS samples, due to melting and recrystallization processes, similarly to PBS. By applying the Hoffman-Weeks’ method, the of both the homopolymer and the copolymers was derived. The isothermal crystallization kinetics was analyzed according to the Avrami’s treatment. The copolymers with long PBS blocks are characterized by a very similar behaviour with respect to pure poly(butilene succinate), indicating that PBS macromolecular folding is not affected by the presence of non-crystallizable diethylene succinate blocks. On the contrary, the copolymers characterized by very short PBS block length were found to crystallize at a slower rate than the homopolymer. As a matter of fact, a higher value of the work of chain folding was also derived on the basis of Hoffman-Lauritzen nucleation theory. Anyway, in all cases the crystallization mechanism (heterogeneous nucleation and three-dimensional growth) was found to be the same.     

Thermodynamic and structural properties of binary mixtures of some glycols with 2-butoxyethanol at T = (293.15, 298.15 and 303.15) K

Densities and relative permittivities at T = (293.15, 298.15, and 303.15) K in the binary mixtures of 2-butoxyethanol with ethylene glycol, diethylene glycol, triethylene glycol and tetraethylene glycol have been measured as a function of composition. From the experimental data excess molar volumes and deviations in relative permittivity have been calculated over the entire composition range. Both excess molar volumes and relative permittivity deviations have been correlated using Redlich–Kister type polynomial equation by the method of least-squares for the estimation of the binary coefficients and the standard errors. The experimental and calculated quantities were used to analyze the mixing behaviour of the components.     

Studies on the Interaction of 12-Tungstophosphoric Acid and Diethylene Glycol

The homogeneous system of 12-tungstophosphoric acid and diethylene glycol was studied using IR and NMR spectra. It was found that the protons in 12-tungstophosphoric acid formed proton oxonium ions with the hydroxyl oxygen in diethylene glycol by hydrogen-bonds, and the formed proton oxonium ions could react with the terminal oxygens of heteropoly anions. The dehydration-cyclization mechanism of diethylene glycol in the presence of heteropoly acid was also proposed.     

Studies in isodielectric media. Part IV. Thermodynamics of protonation ofp-nitroaniline in ethylene glycol—Diethylene glycol mixtures at 25°C

The thermodynamic ionisation constant ofp-nitroanilinium ion was determined spectrophotometrically at 25°C in the near isodielectric mixtures of ethylene glycol (EG) and diethylene glycol (DEG) over the complete range of solvent compositions. thepK of the ion decreases continuously with the addition of diethylene glycol, passes through a minimum around 80 wt% of the same solvent and then increases. The variation of pK (pK _{mixed solvent}–pK _EG) with solvent composition was analyzed in terms of the changes inGibbs energies of transfer of the different species involved in the ionisation process in these mixtures.

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Untersuchungen in isodielektrischen Medien, 4. Mitt.: Thermodynamik der Protonierung von p-Nitroanilin in Ethylenglykol—Diethylenglykol-Mischungen bei 25°C

Zusammenfassung Die thermodynamischen Ionisierungskonstanten desp-Niroanilinium-Ions wurde spektrophotometrisch bei 25°C in den annähernd isodielektrischen Mischungen von Ethylenglykol—Diethylenglykol (EG—DEG) über den gesamten Bereich der Lösungsmittelzusammensetzungen gemessen. DerpK des Ions sinkt kontinuierlich mit der Zugabe von Diethylenglykol und geht bei etwa 80 Gew.%DEG durch ein Minimum. Die Änderung von pK (pK _{Lösungsm.-Gemisch}-pK _EG) mit der Lösungsmittelzusammensetzung wird als Wechsel in denGibbs-Energien des Transfers der verschiedenen in den Ionisierungsprozess verwickelten Spezies erklärt.