Crosslinking of gelatin by ring opening metathesis under aqueous conditions-an exploratory study

Autor: Andrew D. Abell, Krystle C. H. Chua, Axel T. Neffe, Karola Luetzow, Benjamin F. Pierce, Andreas Lendlein
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: Polymers for Advanced Technologies. 25:1371-1375
ISSN: 1042-7147
DOI: 10.1002/pat.3359
Popis: Ring-opening metathesis catalysis has received little attention as a means to functionalize or crosslink biopolymers in water since the required catalysts are usually not stable under these conditions. However, biopolymer solubility suggests such a procedure. We show that Grubbs first and second generation catalysts (in emulsion) as well as a water-soluble Hoveyda-Grubbs catalyst can be applied to crosslink glycidyl methacrylated gelatin with norbornene dicarboxylic acid in water by a cross metathesis-ring opening metathesis approach. A mechanistic study suggests that cross metathesis between the functionalized polymer and the cyclic olefin acts as an initiating step for the crosslinking reaction. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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