Functionally Diverse Nylon-3 Copolymers from Readily Accessible β-Lactams.

ABSTRACT: A new family of β-lactams is described that enables anionic ring-opening polymerization (AROP) to prepare nylon-3 materials bearing diverse appended functionality, including carboxylic acid, thiol, hydroxyl and secondary amine groups. Nylon-3 copolymers generated with the new β-lactams are shown to display distinctive self-assembly behavior and biological properties.

SUBMITTER: Zhang J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3551626 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature