title: Amide-linked N-methacryloyl sucrose containing polymers.
abstract: 1',2,3,3',4,4',6-Hepta-O-benzyl-6'-N-methacryloyl-6'-deoxysucrose 1, 6'-deoxy-6'-N-methacryloyloxyethylureido sucrose 2 and 6,6'-dideoxy-6,6'-N-dimethacryloyloxyethylureido sucrose 3 have been homo-polymerized and copolymerized with styrene by a free radical process, yielding polymer materials with pendant sucrose moieties, attached to the polymer backbone via amide linkages. The results demonstrated that varying the structural features of the monomers, greatly affected the thermal and rheological properties of the polymers. The polymer materials obtained have been characterized by NMR, MALDI-TOF, DSC, AFM and EWC (equilibrium water content). The efficient synthesis of the three novel, regioisomerically pure, N-methacryloylamide sucrose-containing monomers (1, 2 and 3) have been described.
authors.affiliation: REQUIMTE, CQFB, Departamento de Química, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Quinta da Torre, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal. Electronic address: k.petrova@fct.unl.pt.
authors.forename: Krasimira T
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: Petrova
authors.affiliation: REQUIMTE, CQFB, Departamento de Química, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Quinta da Torre, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal.
authors.forename: Taterao M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Potewar
authors.affiliation: REQUIMTE, CQFB, Departamento de Química, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Quinta da Torre, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal.
authors.forename: Osvaldo S
authors.initials: OS
authors.lastname: Ascenso
authors.affiliation: REQUIMTE, CQFB, Departamento de Química, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Quinta da Torre, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal.
authors.forename: M Teresa
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Barros
mesh_terms: D000577:Amides / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D008689:Methacrylates / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D011108:Polymers / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D013395:Sucrose / Q000138:chemical synthesis*
chemical_list: D000577:Amides; D008689:Methacrylates; D011108:Polymers; D013395:Sucrose
keywords: Amide-linkage; Free radical copolymerization; N-methacryloyl monomers; Poly(vinylsacharides); Sucrose-containing monomers