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. 2023 Dec 12;15(24):4681. doi: 10.3390/polym15244681

Table 2.

Thermoresponsive property and synthesis of PMOEAm-b-PDMAm and PMOEAm-b-PEOEAm via the hydrosilylation-promoted GTP of MOEAm with Me2EtSiH using B(C6F5)3 as the catalyst, followed by the 2nd GTP of DMAm or EOEAm, respectively. a.

Run Polymer 1st GTP b 2nd GTP c Tcp e
°C
[MOEAm]0/[Me2EtSiH]0 Mn,calcd
/kg mol−1
Mn,SEC (Đ) d
/kg mol−1
[DMAm or EOEAm]0 Mn,calcd
/kg mol−1
Mn,SEC (Đ) d
/kg mol−1
7 PMOEAm30-b-PDMAm70 30/1 5.6 5.5 (1.09) 70 12.5 12.5 (1.08) - f
8 PMOEAm40-b-PDMAm60 40/1 7.5 7.5 (1.10) 60 13.4 13.4 (1.10) - f
9 PMOEAm50-b-PDMAm50 50/1 9.4 9.6 (1.13) 50 14.3 14.4 (1.13) 58.0
10 PMOEAm60-b-PDMAm40 60/1 11.2 11.1 (1.10) 40 15.2 15.1 (1.09) 56.5
11 PMOEAm70-b-PDMAm30 70/1 13.1 12.9 (1.11) 30 16.1 16.0 (1.10) 55.8
12 PMOEAm80-b-PDMAm20 80/1 15.0 15.1 (1.12) 20 16.9 16.8 (1.10) 53.3
13 PMOEAm90-b-PDMAm10 90/1 16.8 16.7 (1.13) 10 17.8 17.6 (1.15) 51.4
14 PMOEAm30-b-PEOEAm70 30/1 5.6 5.3 (1.09) 70 20.7 21.0 (1.10) - f
15 PMOEAm40-b-PEOEAm60 40/1 7.5 7.2 (1.08) 60 20.4 20.5 (1.09) - f
16 PMOEAm50-b-PEOEAm50 50/1 9.4 9.1 (1.12) 50 20.1 20.2 (1.11) 43.5
17 PMOEAm60-b-PEOEAm40 60/1 11.2 10.9 (1.10) 40 19.8 19.4 (1.12) 38.0
18 PMOEAm70-b-PEOEAm30 70/1 13.1 12.8 (1.11) 30 19.6 19.1 (1.10) 33.5
19 PMOEAm80-b-PEOEAm20 80/1 15.0 15.0 (1.11) 20 19.3 19.0 (1.09) 29.7
20 PMOEAm90-b-PEOEAm10 90/1 16.8 16.4 (1.10) 10 19.0 18.8 (1.11) 25.0

a Solvent, CH2Cl2; [Me2EtSiH]0/[B(C6F5)3]0, 0.1; room temperature; Ar atmosphere; monomer conversion determined by 1H NMR spectra in CDCl3, >99.9%. b [MOEAm]0, 1.0 mol L−1; time, 12 h and 18 h (runs 17 and 18). c [DMAm or EOEAm]0 = 100 − [MOEAm]0; time, 36 h (runs 7−9), 24 h (runs 10−13), 12 h (runs 14−16), and 6 h (runs 17 and 18). d The molecular mass of the polymers was determined using size exclusion chromatography equipped with a refractive index detector in dimethylformamide (DMF) containing 0.01 mol L−1 of lithium chloride and using polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) as standards. e The cloud point temperature of [MOEAm] was determined by measuring its ultraviolet-visible spectrum in water at a concentration of 10 g L−1. f Not determined due to insoluble in water.