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Chapter 6<br />

NMR. <strong>Characterization</strong> <strong>of</strong> MPEG-CPAD: IR: � ~ (cm-1) 1737 (C=O) 1044 (C=S). 1 H NMR<br />

(300M, CDCl3, δ ppm): 7.89 7.57 7.40 (5H, CH×3 in benzene), 4.27 (2H, CH2OC(O)-), 3.64<br />

(CH2 in PEG), 3.38 (3H, CH3O-), 2.46~2.75 (4H, CH2×2 in CPAD), 1.94 (3H, CH3 in CPAD).<br />

<strong>Characterization</strong> <strong>of</strong> MPEG-b-PLA-CPAD: IR: � ~ (cm-1) 1755 (C=O) 1044 (C=S). 1 H NMR<br />

(300M, CDCl3, δ ppm): 7.88 7.57 7.40 (5H, CH×3 in benzene), 5.15 (CH in PLA), 4.26 (2H,<br />

CH2OC(O)-), 3.62 (CH2 in PEG), 3.36 (3H, CH3O-), 2.46~2.75 (4H, CH2×2 in CPAD), 1.95<br />

(3H, CH3 in CPAD).<br />

<strong>Synthesis</strong> <strong>of</strong> MPEG-b-poly(2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidinyloxy acrylamide)<br />

(PEG-b-PTAm).<br />

For kinetic study, 0.22 g MPEG-CPAD (0.042 mmol), 0.53 g TAP (2.5 mmol) <strong>and</strong> 3.4 mg<br />

AIBN (0.021 mmol) were dissolved in 8 mL 1,4-dioxane/methanol (v/v, 3:1). The mixture<br />

was deaerated by applying three times freeze-pump-thaw cycle. Afterwards, the tube was<br />

immerged in 90 o C oil bath. Samples were taken out at various time intervals <strong>and</strong> quenched<br />

immediately into liquid nitrogen. The freezing samples were lyophilized to gain pink powders<br />

under reduced pressure <strong>and</strong> then used for 1 H NMR analysis to determine the monomer<br />

conversions. Molecular weights <strong>and</strong> molecular weight distributions were determined by GPC<br />

after the oxidation <strong>of</strong> the samples by m-chloroperbenzoic acid (mCPBA) in THF. The<br />

detailed oxidation processes are as follow.<br />

For preparation <strong>of</strong> MPEG-b-PTAm, 0.10 g MPEG-CPAD (0.019 mmol), 0.25 g TAP<br />

monomer (1.2 mmol) <strong>and</strong> 1.6 mg AIBN (0.01 mmol) were dissolved in 4mL<br />

1,4-dioxane/methanol (v/v, 3:1). The mixture was deaerated by applying three times<br />

freeze-pump-thaw cycle. Afterwards, the tube was immerged in 90 o C oil bath <strong>and</strong> stirred for<br />

8 hours. After cooling to room temperature, the mixture was precipitated from cold ethyl<br />

ether. The slight pink precipitate was collected <strong>and</strong> washed twice with ethyl ether. The<br />

product was obtained after vacuum drying for 24 h with a yield <strong>of</strong> 81% (0.29 g). In order to<br />

gain MPEG-b-PTAm, an oxidation step was needed. Typically, 110 mg <strong>of</strong> the aforementioned<br />

product dissolved in 5 mL THF <strong>and</strong> stirred in ice-cold bath, to which 500 mg <strong>of</strong> mCPBA was<br />

added. The mixture was allowed to move to the room temperature <strong>and</strong> stirred for further 4<br />

hours. The final product was obtained by precipitating the mixture into 120 mL ethyl<br />

ether/n-hexane (v/v, 1:1), yield 92%. (Mn=25200, PDI=1.38 by GPC).<br />

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