title: Host-guest interactions between a nonmicellized amphiphilic invertible polymer and insoluble cyclohexasilane in acetonitrile.
abstract: Host-guest interactions between cyclohexasilane (Si(6)H(12)) and amphiphilic invertible macromolecules based on PEG and sebacic acid in acetonitrile (neither a solvent for cyclohexasilane nor a support for the micellization of amphiphilic invertible macromolecules) have been investigated. Despite the extended conformation of the macromolecules and the absence of self-assembled polymeric domains, a macromolecular amphiphilicity itself contributes to localizing Si(6)H(12) by AIP and thus enables Lewis acid-base interactions between Si(6)H(12) and the AIP carbonyl groups. The obtained results demonstrate an interesting phenomenon in that insoluble Si(6)H(12) can be localized by AIP macromolecules in a medium that does not support the formation of polymeric domains.
authors.affiliation: Department of Coatings and Polymeric Materials, North Dakota State University, P.O. Box 6050, Fargo, North Dakota 58108-6050, USA.
authors.forename: Ananiy
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kohut
authors.forename: Olena
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Kudina
authors.forename: Xuliang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Dai
authors.forename: Douglas L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Schulz
authors.forename: Andriy
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Voronov
mesh_terms: D000097:Acetonitriles / Q000737:chemistry*; D003652:Decanoic Acids / Q000737:chemistry; D003998:Dicarboxylic Acids / Q000737:chemistry; D011092:Polyethylene Glycols / Q000737:chemistry*; D012821:Silanes / Q000737:chemistry*; D012995:Solubility
chemical_list: D000097:Acetonitriles; D003652:Decanoic Acids; D003998:Dicarboxylic Acids; D012821:Silanes; D011092:Polyethylene Glycols; C011107:sebacic acid; C032159:acetonitrile