Molecular level structure of novel synthetic analogues of aliphatic biopolyesters as revealed by multistage mass spectrometry |
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Authors: | Grażyna Adamus Iwona Kwiecień Magdalena Maksymiak Tomasz Bałakier Janusz Jurczak Marek Kowalczuk |
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Institution: | 1. Centre of Polymer and Carbon Materials, Polish Academy of Sciences, 41-819 Zabrze, Poland;2. Institute of Organic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, 01-224 Warsaw, Poland |
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Abstract: | The present study focuses on electrospray ionisation (ESI) tandem mass spectrometry of novel copolyesters obtained by anionic ring-opening copolymerisation of β-substituted β-lactones. Detailed analysis of these copolyesters, including molecular chain architecture as well as the structures of the end groups, was performed using ESI-MS/MS collision-induced dissociation spectra. The random arrangement of comonomeric units along the copolyester chains was demonstrated by comparison of ESI-MSn fragmentation spectra and fragmentation pathways. Sequence distribution analysis of comonomeric units confirmed the copolymer's random structure. ESI-MSn proved to be a promising technique for structural analysis of copolyesters obtained via anionic ROP. |
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Keywords: | Polymer mass spectrometry Anionic copolymerisation of β-substituted β-lactones Copolymer sequence distribution Polyhydroxyalkanoate analogues |
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