Abstract
The derivatisation of d-xylose with potassium thiocyanate is presented as a versatile synthetic handle towards functional synthetic carbohydrate polymers. The reactivity of the resulting 1,3-oxazolidine-2-thione (OZT) group with alkyl bromides is ubiquitous and, herein, has been exploited to synthesise seven bio-derived monomers with different pendant functionalities. These monomers were polymerised with dithiols to yield functional poly(ester-thioethers) with a broad spectrum of properties. From a single non-functionalised OZT-polymer, a variety of post-polymerisation modification approaches are possible to functionalise the materials with different pendant groups. These results present a novel simple methodology to tailor the properties of synthetic carbohydrate polymers to different applications.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 3149-3156 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Polymer Chemistry |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue number | 31 |
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| Publication status | Published - 15 Jul 2024 |
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