化学学报 ›› 2015, Vol. 73 ›› Issue (4): 330-336.DOI: 10.6023/A14120897 上一篇    下一篇

研究论文

含香豆素基团超支化星形聚合物的合成与表征

范溦, 李敏, 洪春雁, 潘才元   

  1. 中国科学院软物质化学重点实验室 中国科学技术大学 高分子科学与工程系 合肥 230026
  • 投稿日期:2014-12-30 发布日期:2015-01-28
  • 通讯作者: 洪春雁 E-mail:hongcy@ustc.edu.cn
  • 基金资助:

    项目受国家自然科学基金(Nos. 21092354, 21374107)和中央高校基本科研业务费专项资金(WK 2060200012)资助.

Synthesis and Characterization of Coumarin-containing Hyperbranched-star Copolymers

Fan Wei, Li Min, Hong Chunyan, Pan Caiyuan   

  1. CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026
  • Received:2014-12-30 Published:2015-01-28
  • Supported by:

    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 21092354, 21374107) and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (WK 2060200012).

设计并合成了含有香豆素基团的自引发单体, 与2-(2-甲氧基乙氧基)乙基甲基丙烯酸酯(MEO2MA)进行自缩合乙烯基共聚合后得到超支化聚合物H-PMEO2MA. 以其作为大分子引发剂, 进行二甲氨基乙基甲基丙烯酸酯(DMAEMA)的原子转移自由基聚合, 合成了具有温度响应性的超支化星形聚合物H-PMEO2MA-star-PDMAEMA. 将此超支化星形聚合物在水中自组装成胶束后, 利用支化点处香豆素基团的光二聚性能, 在λ=320 nm的紫外光照射下进行香豆素间的光交联反应, 形成核交联胶束. 此核交联胶束在254 nm紫外光照射下则会发生解交联反应. 采用尼罗红作为模型药物, 将其装载到超支化星形聚合物胶束中, 研究了不同条件下的药物释放行为.

关键词: 香豆素, 原子转移自由基聚合, 超支化星形聚合物, 自缩合乙烯基聚合

Coumarin-containing inimer was prepared and used in the self-condensing vinyl polymerization (SCVP) of 2-(2-methoxyethoxy)ethyl methacrylate (MEO2MA). The molar ratio of inimer/MEO2MA was set as 1:7, and the reaction was carried out at 50 ℃ for 80 h to afford hyperbranched poly(2-(2-methoxyethoxy)ethyl methacrylate) (H-PMEO2MA). The molecular weight of H-PMEO2MA is 5400 g/mol and Mw/Mn is 1.56. The content of coumarin group in the hyperbranched polymer is consistent with the feed ratio. Then the resultant H-PMEO2MA was used as macroinitiator in the following atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) of dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate (DMAEMA), and thermo-responsive hyperbranched-star copolymers with different molecular weights were achieved. NMR and GPC were utilized to characterize the hyperbranched-star copolymers. Lower critical solution temperature (LCST) of H-PMEO2MA is below room temperature, thus the hyperbranched-star copolymers can self-assemble to form micelles in water at room temperature. TEM and DLS were utilized to characterize the morphology and size of the micelles. Coumarin group has the potential to photodimerize via a cycloaddition to form a cyclobutane ring under irradiation of UV light at λ > 310 nm, and the dimer can be reversibly divide into two coumarin groups under irradiation of UV light at λ < 260 nm. In this case, when exposed to irradiation of UV light at λ=320 nm, the micelles were core-crosslinked via photodimerization of the coumarin groups. This procedure has been monitored by the UV-Vis spectrum. With increasing irradiation time, the absorbance of coumarin group at 320 nm decreased. After 30 min, the absorbance almost disappeared, indicating that most of coumarin groups dimerized. Under irradiation at λ=254 nm, de-crosslinking reaction of the crosslinked micelles occurred, with the division of dimer into two coumarin groups. During the self-assembly, Nile Red as the model drug was loaded, and the release of Nile Red under different conditions was investigated. When placed at 25 ℃, both core cross-linked and uncross-linked micelles exhibit a relatively slow release behavior, which suggest the good stability of the micelles. While at 0 ℃, a burst release of the uncross-linked micelles was observed due to the disassembling of micelles. However, the morphology of core cross-linked micelles was kept well, and only a small amount of Nile Red was released.

Key words: coumarin, ATRP, hyperbranched-star polymer, SCVP