Macromolecular Rapid Communications, Vol.18, No.8, 723-728, 1997
Preparation of amphiphilic networks by Diels-Alder reactions between oligo(butyl methacrylate) with furan end-groups and a poly(ethylene oxide-co-acetylenedicarboxylate)
A butyl methacrylate oligomer with furan end-groups was synthesized by ozonolysing a poly(butyl methacrylate-co-butadiene) latex. The end-groups of this oligomer were amidated with aminomethylfuran to give a coagulated mass of derivatized oligomers. This furan functional oligomer was then mixed with poly(ethylene oxide-co-acetylenedicarboxylate) and heated at 60 degrees C or 125 degrees C. The material cured at 125 degrees C was found to contain a higher gel fraction (55 wt.-%) than that cured at 60 degrees C (30 wt.-%).