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dc.contributor.advisorHall, H. K., Jr.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMollberg, William Carl, 1967-
dc.creatorMollberg, William Carl, 1967-en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-04-03T13:22:15Z
dc.date.available2013-04-03T13:22:15Z
dc.date.issued1993en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10150/278374
dc.description.abstractBlock copolymers were made containing peptides coupled to a hydrophobic regions that could be cleaved to obtain a hydrophilic region, similar to globular proteins. These polymers were synthesized by anionic polymerization of t-butyl acrylate followed by coupling with polypeptides. Anionic polymerization allowed control of molecular weight, polydispersity as well as end groups of the polymer. The polymer was terminated with a carboxylic acid or a primary amine, the desired end groups needed to couple this polymer to peptides by conventional peptide coupling reactions. Upon hydrolysis of the esters, the resulting hydrophilic-hydrophobic polymer may be used to act as specific channels through lipid membranes, to increase the solubility of peptides in hydrophilic and hydrophobic solvents or to modify particle growth of inorganic salts.
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherThe University of Arizona.en_US
dc.rightsCopyright © is held by the author. Digital access to this material is made possible by the University Libraries, University of Arizona. Further transmission, reproduction or presentation (such as public display or performance) of protected items is prohibited except with permission of the author.en_US
dc.subjectChemistry, Organic.en_US
dc.subjectChemistry, Polymer.en_US
dc.titleTerminal-functionalized poly-t-butyl acrylates via living anionic polymerizationen_US
dc.typetexten_US
dc.typeThesis-Reproduction (electronic)en_US
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Arizonaen_US
thesis.degree.levelmastersen_US
dc.identifier.proquest1356784en_US
thesis.degree.disciplineGraduate Collegeen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineChemistryen_US
thesis.degree.nameM.S.en_US
dc.identifier.bibrecord.b3143597xen_US
refterms.dateFOA2018-06-14T15:03:14Z
html.description.abstractBlock copolymers were made containing peptides coupled to a hydrophobic regions that could be cleaved to obtain a hydrophilic region, similar to globular proteins. These polymers were synthesized by anionic polymerization of t-butyl acrylate followed by coupling with polypeptides. Anionic polymerization allowed control of molecular weight, polydispersity as well as end groups of the polymer. The polymer was terminated with a carboxylic acid or a primary amine, the desired end groups needed to couple this polymer to peptides by conventional peptide coupling reactions. Upon hydrolysis of the esters, the resulting hydrophilic-hydrophobic polymer may be used to act as specific channels through lipid membranes, to increase the solubility of peptides in hydrophilic and hydrophobic solvents or to modify particle growth of inorganic salts.


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