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Self-Assembled Thermoresponsive Molecular Brushes as Nanoreactors for Asymmetric Aldol Addition in Water

Journal Article · · Macromolecules
The manipulation and tunability of self-assembled block copolymers through external stimuli presents an attractive strategy to develop smart polymer-based nanoreactors as supports for non-orthogonal tandem catalysis. We report on thermoresponsive core-shell micelles based on poly[norbornene-poly(2-methyl-2-oxazoline-block-2-propyl-2-oxazoline)]-graft-poly[norbornene L-proline] (P[NB-P(MeOx-b-PropOx)]-graft-P[NB-L-proline]) as catalyst supports for L-proline. These molecular brushes exhibit large differences in lower critical solution temperature behavior and nanostructure size in water depending on the chain-lengths and proline connectivity. L-Proline-mediated aldol reactions expose the efficiency by which the molecular brushes self-assemble into micelles. Molecular brushes with an extended backbone show higher activity and selectivity, suggesting better core-shell segregation of the micelles and exclusion of water from the catalytic site. Catalytic efficiencies are not improved above the cloud point temperature, the catalytic be-havior is rather sensitive to conformational changes of the polymer chains.
Research Organization:
New York Univ. (NYU), NY (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
Grant/Contract Number:
FG02-03ER15459
OSTI ID:
1772241
Journal Information:
Macromolecules, Journal Name: Macromolecules Journal Issue: 8 Vol. 54; ISSN 0024-9297
Publisher:
American Chemical SocietyCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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