Synthesis and Characterization of copolymers Nipam-co-ADG Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide-co- 6-O-vinyladipoyl-D-glucose)
synthesis of polymers; associative polymers; rheometry; hydrophobic association; Stimulus-responsive polymer;
In this study was performed synthesis and characterization of copolymers from N-isopropylacrylamide (Nipam) and 6-O-vinyladipoyl-D-glucose) (ADG) using the molar ratios of Nipam:ADG 1: 9, 3: 7, 1 : 1, 7: 3 and 9: 1. The homopolymers were also synthesized and characterized, Nipam and ADG, aiming to evaluate the influence of the addition of ADG in jail. The polymers were subjected to characterization using spectroscopy in the infrared (FTIR), nuclear magnetic resonance of hydrogen (1H), rheometry and elemental analysis (CHNO). The copolymers obtained from 30, 50 and 70 mol% of ADG feed had water insolubility. This result was associated with the formation of micellar aggregates compact with predominantly hydrophilic surface and core predominantly hydrophobic. In such cases, the percentage of corporate ADG, indicated by 1 H NMR and CHNO, was about the same, which explains the decrease in the yield of these reactions. The FTIR and 1 H NMR spectra of the copolymers confirmed the insertion of Nipam and the ADG for all samples. The copolymers obtained from 10 to 90 mol% of the feed ADG were soluble in water and its composition was determined by 1 H NMR, respectively, Nipam:ADG 9: 1 to 3: 7. The poly (Nipam-co-ADG) 9: 1 produced a significant increase of viscosity in water even at low concentrations, which can be attributed to its associative character.