title: Switching the Solubility of PMMA Bearing Attached Cyclodextrin-Moieties by Supramolecular Interactions with Ionic Liquids.
abstract: Methacrylate-modified β-cyclodextrin (β-CD) and methyl methacrylate (MMA) have been radically copolymerized to obtain hydrophobic CD copolymers. The water-insoluble copolymers are able to form highly stable inclusion complexes with anions of ionic liquids. Surprisingly, the inclusion of the anions in the CD cavity results in a significant change of thermal and solution properties. Furthermore, it can be shown that the structure of the ionic liquid anions influences the coil structure of the copolymers. The obtained results could be proven by means of microcalorimetry, differential scanning calorimetry, and dynamic light scattering.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry II, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Universitätsstraße 1, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany; Current address: Centre for Advanced Macromolecular Design, School of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney 2052, Australia.
authors.forename: Sadik
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Amajjahe
authors.forename: Maricica
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Munteanu
authors.forename: Helmut
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ritter