RAFT synthesis of poly(vinylpyrrolidone) amine and preparation of a water-soluble C60-PVP conjugate

Safwan Aroua; Elisha Gabrielle V. Tiu; Maxime Ayer; Takashi Ishikawa; Yoko Yamakoshi

doi:10.1039/C4PY01333F

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RAFT synthesis of poly(vinylpyrrolidone) amine and preparation of a water-soluble C₆₀-PVP conjugate†

Safwan Aroua,^a Elisha Gabrielle V. Tiu,^a Maxime Ayer,^a Takashi Ishikawa^b and Yoko Yamakoshi*^a

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^a Laboratorium für Organische Chemie, ETH-Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 3, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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^b Laboratory of Biomolecular Research, Paul Scherrer Institute, CH-5232, Villigen, Switzerland

Abstract

An amine-terminated poly(vinylpyrrolidone) (PVP) was prepared by radical polymerization using a xanthate-type RAFT agent. The obtained PVP (ca. 20 kDa) was converted to PVP-NH₂, which was coupled with a C₆₀ anhydride to successfully provide a well-defined C₆₀-PVP conjugate.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C4PY01333F
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 26 Sep 2014
Accepted: 13 Jan 2015
First published: 14 Jan 2015

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Polym. Chem., 2015,6, 2616-2619

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RAFT synthesis of poly(vinylpyrrolidone) amine and preparation of a water-soluble C₆₀-PVP conjugate

S. Aroua, E. G. V. Tiu, M. Ayer, T. Ishikawa and Y. Yamakoshi, Polym. Chem., 2015, 6, 2616 DOI: 10.1039/C4PY01333F

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