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Poly(2-ethyl-2-oxazoline)

average Mn 20,000, PDI <1.4

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UNSPSC Code:
12162002
NACRES:
NA.23

form

solid

mol wt

average Mn 20,000

mp

>300 °C

PDI

<1.4

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Application

This Poly(2-ethyl-2-oxazoline) polymer is amorphous and water soluble with good temperature stability. Jordan and coworkers showed biocompatibility, no accumulation in tissue, and rapid clearance from the bloodstream1. End-group modified poly(2-ethyl-2-oxazoline)s have been conjugated to peptides2, and were shown as versatile alternatives to poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) for both protein and small drug conjugation3.

Potential substitute for poly(vinyl alcohol) and poly(vinyl pyrrolidone). Sometimes it is used as an adhesion promoter in coatings. This is also sometimes used in heat sealing and remoistenable hot-melt adhesives. N-propionyl substituted linear polyethylenimine

Features and Benefits

Nonionic, water-soluble thermoplastic. Better heat stability than poly(vinyl alcohol). Good melt flow, shear stability and Newtonian characteristics. Water is a room temperature Theta solvent.

Storage Class Code

11 - Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

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F. C. Gaertner, R. Luxenhofer, B. Blechert, R. Jordan, M. Essler
J. Controlled Release, 119, 291-300 (2007)
A. Mero, G. Pasut, L. D. Via, M.W. M. Fijten, et al.
J. Controlled Release, 125, 87-95 (2008)
R. Luxenhofer, M. Lopez-Garcia, A. Frank, H. Kessler, R. Jordan
Polym. Mater. Sci. Eng., 95, 283-284 (2006)
Yung-Chu Chen et al.
Journal of biomedical materials research. Part A, 100(5), 1279-1292 (2012-03-01)
The multifunctional nanoparticles constructed from triphenylamine-poly(lactide-co-glycolide)-poly(ethyleneglycol)-poly(lactide-co-glycolide) (TPA-PEP) and folate-poly(2-ethyl-2oxazoline)-poly(D,L-lactide) (folate-PEOz-PLA) were developed in this study. Iron oxide nanoparticles (IOP) and paclitaxel (PTX) were coencapsulated in the nanoparticles with diameter less than 200 nm. The drug-loaded nanoparticles emit fluorescence peak at
I C Kwon et al.
Nature, 354(6351), 291-293 (1991-11-28)
New controlled drug-delivery systems are being explored to overcome the disadvantages of conventional dosage forms. For example, stimulated drug-delivery has been used to overcome the tolerance problems that occur with a constant delivery rate, to mimic the physiological pattern of
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Poly(2-oxazoline)s (POx) in Biomedical Applications

Poly(2-oxazoline)s (POx) can be viewed as conformational isomers of polypeptides. They are synthesized via living cationic ringopening polymerization (LCROP) of 2-oxazolines and were almost simultaneously discovered in 1966 by the groups of Litt, Tomalia, Fukui and Seeliger.

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