title: Methacrylate derivatives incorporating pyroglutamic acid.
abstract: Methacrylates containing pyroglutamic acid were synthesized in good yields. Methyl alpha-pyroglutamyl methylacrylate (PyMM) and methyl alpha-pyroglutamidoundecanoyl methylacrylate (PyUM) give very fast photopolymerization rates both in homopolymerizations and with widely used commercial monomers N-vinyl pyrrolidinone (NVP) and hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA). Soluble or cross-linked homopolymers can be obtained depending upon polymerization temperature. Pyroglutamic methacrylates polymerize without added initiator in the melt. Solution cast, photocured, and thermally cured coatings gave good to excellent adhesion to poly(ethylene terephthalate) and glass surfaces.
authors.affiliation: School of Polymers and High Performance Materials, University of Southern Mississippi, Box 10076, Hattiesburg, Mississippi 39406-0076, USA.
authors.forename: Tara J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Lon J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Mathias
mesh_terms: D000042:Absorption; D000268:Adhesiveness; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008689:Methacrylates / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D010777:Photochemistry; D011761:Pyrrolidonecarboxylic Acid / Q000737:chemistry*; D014867:Water
chemical_list: D008689:Methacrylates; D014867:Water; D011761:Pyrrolidonecarboxylic Acid