Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont., M5S 1A1 Canada
Abstract:
Several copolymers of poly(sodium styrenesulfonate-styrene-vinylbenzylchloride) and poly(sodium styrenesulfonate-2-vinylnaphthalene- vinylbenzylchloride) containing various amounts of rose bengal chromophores attached to the polymer chain were synthesized. The copolymers are soluble in water and can solubilize large hydrophobic compounds. They are efficient genarators of singlet oxygen, and act as photosensitizers in the oxidation of singlet oxygen acceptors which are dissolved in the water phase and solubilized in the hydrophobic polymeric microdomains.