Table 1.

Polymerization Conditions and Properties of the Polymers Investigated

Polymer	Reaction time (h)	[MOx]/[I]a	[NCA]/[P]b	Mnc (g mol−1)	Mw/Mnc	nd	DPP(BAA)e
HO-PMOx-NH2 10K	72	125		9930	1.22	11 6
HO-PMOx-NH2 5K	48	65		5300	1.17	62
COOH-PEG-NH2 5K				5100	1.25	11 4
PMOx5K-b-P(BLG)10	48		12	7800	1.26		10
PMOx5K-b-P(BLC)11	72		16	8200	1.25		11
PMOx10K-b-P(BLG)11	48		12	12600	1.24		11
PMOx10K-b-P(BLC)13	72		16	13300	1.23		13
PEG5K-b-P(BLG)10	48		12	7730	1.24		10
PEG5K-b-P(BLC)13	72		16	8500	1.26		13

^aI: initiator (N-[2-(p-toluenesulfonyloxy)-ethyl]-phthalimide),

^bP: amino terminated PMOx or PEG (macroinitiator),

^cM_n and M_w: number- and weight-average molecular weight from GPC analysis,

^dnumber of monomer units,

^edegree of polymerization of γ–benzyl or S-benzyloxycarbonyl-L-amino acids from ¹H NMR.