Issue 62, 2013
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Chemical Communications

Dual-purpose PEG scaffolds for the preparation of soft and biofunctional hydrogels: the convergence between CuAAC and thiol–ene reactions†

Kim Öberg,a   Yvonne Hed,a   Isabella Joelsson Rahmn,a   Jonathan Kelly,b   Peter Löwenhielmbc  and  Michael Malkoch*a  

* Corresponding authors

a KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Department of Fibre and Polymer Technology, Teknikringen 56-68, SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden
E-mail: malkoch@kth.se
Fax: +46 8 790 8283
Tel: +46 8 790 8768

b Mölnlycke Health Care AB, Box 130 80, SE 40252 Gothenburg, Sweden

c SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden, Box 857, SE 501 15 Borås, Sweden

Abstract

Orthogonally functionalized PEGs displaying alkenes and azides have been prepared and their dual-purpose scaffolding potential was exploited via click chemistry for controlled insertion of biorelevant moieties as well as facile fabrication of soft, non-toxic and degradable hydrogels.

Graphical abstract: Dual-purpose PEG scaffolds for the preparation of soft and biofunctional hydrogels: the convergence between CuAAC and thiol–ene reactions

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C3CC42084A
Article type
Communication
Submitted
21 Mar 2013
Accepted
16 Apr 2013
First published
17 Apr 2013
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Chem. Commun., 2013,49, 6938-6940

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Dual-purpose PEG scaffolds for the preparation of soft and biofunctional hydrogels: the convergence between CuAAC and thiol–ene reactions

K. Öberg, Y. Hed, I. Joelsson Rahmn, J. Kelly, P. Löwenhielm and M. Malkoch, Chem. Commun., 2013, 49, 6938 DOI: 10.1039/C3CC42084A

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