Polymer nanoparticles with a sensitive CO2‐responsive hydrophilic/hydrophobic surface

Poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) nanoparticles with a sensitive CO₂‐responsive hydrophilic/hydrophobic surface that confers controlled dispersion and aggregation in water were prepared by emulsion polymerization at 50 °C under CO₂ bubbling using amphiphilic diblock copolymers of 2‐dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate (DMAEMA) and N‐isopropyl acrylamide (NIPAAm) as an emulsifier. The amphiphilicity of the hydrophobic–hydrophilic diblock copolymer at 50 °C was triggered by CO₂ bubbling in water and enabled the copolymer to serve as an emulsifier. The resulting PMMA nanoparticles were spherical, approximately 100 nm in diameter and exhibited sensitive CO₂/N₂‐responsive dispersion/aggregation in water. Using copolymers with a longer PNIPAAm block length as an emulsifier resulted in smaller particles. A higher concentration of copolymer emulsifier led to particles with a stickier surface. Given its simple preparation and reversible CO₂‐triggered amphiphilic behavior, this newly developed block copolymer emulsifier offers a highly efficient route toward the fabrication of sensitive CO₂‐stimuli responsive polymeric nanoparticle dispersions. © 2019 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 2019, 57, 2149–2156     

The transition of spontaneous polymerization of acrylamide to “explosive” regime

Experimental results related to the transition of spontaneous polymerization of acrylamide complexes with metal nitrates to the “explosive” regime at room temperature are presented. It is suggested that the “explosion” has a thermal nature. Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 4, pp. 859–861, April, 1997.     

Association of poly-N-[tris(hydroxymethyl)methyl] acrylamide with a water soluble β-cyclodextrin polymer

An acrylic polymer with pendent adamantyl groups was synthesized and its properties in an aqueous solution with a β-cyclodextrin (βCD) epichlorhydrin polymer examined. Viscosity properties of precursor and modified polymers show differences at low concentrations, but not at higher concentration probably due to very important hydrogen bonds which prevent the formation of intermolecular hydrophobic bonds. The association of both complementary polymers through the inclusion of adamantyl groups is evidenced by phases separation occurrence. Phase diagrams were established at two different concentrations of polymers. We have shown a maximal association of both polymers at these two concentrations, for the same ratio βCD moles/adamantyl groups: 2.4. Salt addition favors this association and displaces the two phases zone to smaller concentrations of modified polymer. Further, 4-nitrophenol can be extracted by the concentrated phase resulting from mixture of solutions of guest and host polymers, pointing out the availability of the associated phase to trap organic molecules.     

N－（N＇，N＇－二甲氨基甲基）丙烯酰胺－过硫酸钾引发丙烯酰胺聚合的研究

Ｎ－（Ｎ＇，Ｎ＇－二甲氨基甲基）丙烯酰胺－过硫酸钾引发丙烯酰胺聚合的研究潘松汉，唐康泰，王贞，王真智中国科学院广州化学研究所，广州，５１０６５０关键词Ｎ－（Ｎ＇，Ｎ＇－二甲氨基甲基）丙烯酰胺、反应动力学、氧化还原体系、相对分子质量及分布为了制备高质量...     

疏水缔合型增稠剂聚(丙烯酰胺-丙烯酸高级酯)的合成及增稠性能研究

采用沉淀聚合法合成了聚（丙烯酰胺－丙烯酸十四酯），聚（丙烯酰胺－丙烯酸十六酯）和聚（丙烯酰胺－丙烯酸十八酯），重点讨论了共聚物中疏水基团数量及疏水基团链长对增稠性能的影响。采用凯达尔定氮法和动态热分析（DMTA）测定了共聚物的组成及玻璃化温度。     

Thermally initiated frontal polymerization of transition metal nitrate acrylamide complexes

The effect of the thermally initiated frontal polymerization of acrylamide complexes of transition metal nitrates such as those of Mn(II), Co(II), Ni(II), and Zn(II) was disclosed. The rate of the polymerization front propagation was found to be 2?9 × 10^?2cm/c, depending appreciably on sample diameter and density, as well as the presence of radical inhibitor additives. The rate was found to decrease in the series: Co(II) > Ni(II) > Mn(II) > Zn(II). Polymerization was shown to occur directly in the melting region of a complex at 80–100°C to give three-dimensional polymers. A mechanism of the polymerization being initiated with the products of the partial nitrate group decomposition was proposed. © 1994 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Thermal polymerization of acrylamide during the formation of the structures of acrylamide complexes with metal nitrates

The effects of the composition of Mn^II, Co^II or Ni^II nitrate hydrate — acrylamide (AAM) mixtures and of the duration of their aging at ambient temperature on the structurization of acrylamide complexes and on the character of their thermal polymerization have been studied by scanning and isothermic differential calorimetry. Structurization is a rather prolonged step in the synthesis of acrylamide complexes. The peculiarities and rate of this step are determined by the composition of the mixture and by the nature of the complexforming compound; it yields several structural modifications of the AAM complexes. The thermal polymerization of those structural forms of acrylamide complexes that polymerize at low temperatures may be formally described as polymerization in an acrylamide-nitrate-water mixture. The effective activation energy of the polymerization of acrylamide mixed with Mn^II nitrate hydrate is 45 kJ mol^–1.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 4, pp. 679–683, April, 1995.This work was carried out with financial support from the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, Project No. 93-03-4162.     

Calculations of concentration dependences of chemical shifts for acrylamide in water—DMSO mixed solvent

The lattice model of associated solutions was used to calculate the concentration dependences of the chemical shifts of¹³C magnetic nuclei in the acrylamide molecule in water—DMSO solvent. Each pair of bonds between the acrylamide group containing a magnetic nucleus and the neighboring solvent molecule was assumed to additively contribute to the change in the chemical shift of the nucleus in question. The new approach affords the same accuracy in describing the experimental data at any ratios of the solution components. It was shown that the chemical shifts and the excess heat of mixing of the water—DMSO binary solution can be simultaneously described using the same set of energy parameters of the model. The model makes it possible to employ experimental data on chemical shifts for studying intermolecular interactions in solutions. Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 10, pp. 1983–1987, October, 1998.     

Alkali metal salts of acrylamide C3H4NOM (M = Li,Na, and K): Synthesis and vibrational spectra

Alkali metal salts of acrylamide C₃H₄NOM (M = Li, Na, and K) were synthesized for the first time by metallation of acrylamide with alkali metals, their alkyl derivatives, or hydrides. The structures of the compounds synthesized were studied by Raman and IR spectroscopy. Based on the results obtained, an ionic structure was proposed for the salts. The salts were tested as initiators of the anionic polymerization of acrylamide. The catalytic activity of C₃H₄NOM in the polymerization of acrylamide is not lower than that of the well known catalyst, KOBu¹.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 9, pp. 2316–2319, September, 1996.     

Practical, efficient, stereoselective, formal synthesis of (2R,3R,4R)-3-hydroxy-4-methylproline

A highly efficient and stereoselective synthesis of (2R,3R,4R)-HMP is disclosed employing the sulfinyl group as an internal nucleophile to functionalize an olefin in the key step of the reaction sequence. The proline ring is elaborated by a (4C+N) cyclization.