An alkenyl ether-vinyl ester copolymer contains a repeating unit derived from a hydroxyl group-containing alkenyl ether represented by the following formula (1), and a repeating unit derived from a vinyl ester represented by the following formula (2):
where R1, R2, and R3 each independently represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms; R4 represents a linear or branched alkylene group having from 2 to 4 carbon atoms; R5 represents an acyl group having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms; and p represents an integer of from 1 to 3. The alkenyl ether-vinyl ester copolymer exhibits temperature responsiveness showing a change in hydrophilicity and hydrophobicity at a prescribed temperature as a critical point and has a lower critical solution temperature to water of from 1° C. to 99° C.
烯基醚-
乙烯基酯共聚物包含由下式(1)表示的含羟基烯基醚衍生的重复单元和由下式(2)表示的
乙烯基酯衍生的重复单元:
其中 R1、R2 和 R3 各自独立地代表氢原子或具有 1 至 4 个碳原子的烷基;R4 代表具有 2 至 4 个碳原子的直链或支链亚烷基;R5 代表具有 1 至 20 个碳原子的酰基;p 代表 1 至 3 的整数。烯基醚-
乙烯基酯共聚物具有温度响应性,在规定温度作为临界点时,亲
水性和疏
水性会发生变化,与
水的下临界溶液温度为 1 摄氏度至 99 摄氏度。