title: Influence of a diene impurity on the molecular structure of phosphate-containing polymers with medical applications.
abstract: We have demonstrated that the unacknowledged presence of almost 30% diene impurity in some commercial phosphate monomers had not only a significant effect on the molecular structure (topology) of a series of synthesized polymers but the instability of the ester functionalities during these polymerizations resulted in unexpectedly complex co-polymer chemistry.
authors.affiliation: School of Molecular and Microbial Sciences, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Qld, 4072, Australia. l.grondahl@uq.edu.au
authors.forename: Lisbeth
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Grøndahl
authors.forename: Shuko
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Edeline
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Wentrup-Byrne
mesh_terms: D003432:Cross-Linking Reagents / Q000737:chemistry; D004340:Drug Contamination; D008689:Methacrylates / Q000737:chemistry*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D019906:Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular; D009943:Organophosphorus Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D011108:Polymers / Q000138:chemical synthesis*
chemical_list: D003432:Cross-Linking Reagents; D008689:Methacrylates; D009943:Organophosphorus Compounds; D011108:Polymers; C531279:monacryloxyethyl phosphate; C026575:2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate phosphate