BIODEGRADABLE ORGANIC RADICAL-FUNCTIONALIZED POLYCARBONATES FOR MEDICAL APPLICATIONS
申请人:International Business Machines Corporation
公开号:US20160220705A1
公开(公告)日:2016-08-04
Paramagnetic, amphiphilic, biocompatible polymers were prepared comprising a carbonate repeat unit bearing a paramagnetic organic radical, more specifically a nitroxyl radical. The radical polymers can be produced in one step from a precursor polymer bearing an active ester side chain by treating the precursor polymer with a radical-bearing nucleophile. The precursor polymer can be prepared by organocatalyzed catalyzed ring opening polymerization (ROP) of a cyclic carbonate monomer bearing an active ester side chain. The radical polymers can be non-toxic and partially biodegradable. The radical polymers have utility as contrast enhancing agents in a medical imaging application and/or as therapeutic agents for treating a medical condition. The radical polymers can also serve as carriers for therapeutic agents (e.g., drugs) and/or medical image enhancing agents (e.g., NIRF dyes).
ANTIMICROBIAL COMPOSITIONS, METHODS OF PREPARATION THEREOF, AND USES THEREOF
申请人:Coady Daniel J.
公开号:US20120251607A1
公开(公告)日:2012-10-04
A composition of matter comprises a cationic polymer comprising a polycarbonate chain fragment, the polycarbonate chain fragment comprising a repeat unit comprising a side chain moiety containing a quaternary amine group; and a non-charged polymer comprising a polyester chain segment and a poly(alkylene oxide) chain segment; wherein i) the cationic polymer and the non-charged polymer are amphiphilic and biocompatible, ii) the cationic polymer and the non-charged polymer form a mixed complex by non-covalent interactions in water, and iii) the mixed complex is a more effective antimicrobial agent against at least a Gram-negative microbe compared to the cationic polymer and the non-charged polymer alone when tested using otherwise identical conditions.
Catalytic Gas-Phase Cyclization of Glycolate Esters: A Novel Route Toward Glycolide-Based Bioplastics
作者:Rik De Clercq、Ekaterina Makshina、Bert F. Sels、Michiel Dusselier
DOI:10.1002/cctc.201801469
日期:2018.12.21
A catalytic process to produce glycolide, the cyclic dimer of glycolic acid (GA), is proposed. Glycolide is the key building block of the biodegradable plastic polyglycolic acid. Instead of the current industrial two‐step route, which involves the polycondensation of GA and a subsequent backbiting reaction, a new route based on the gas‐phase transesterification of methyl glycolate (MGA) over a fixed
BIODEGRADABLE BLOCK POLYMERS FOR DRUG DELIVERY, AND METHODS RELATED THERETO
申请人:Hedrick James
公开号:US20110152167A1
公开(公告)日:2011-06-23
A biodegradable block copolymer is disclosed, comprising a hydrophilic block derived from a polyether alcohol; and a hydrophobic block comprising a first repeat unit derived by ring opening polymerization of a first cyclic carbonyl monomer initiated by the polyether alcohol, the first repeat unit comprising a side chain moiety comprising a functional group selected from the group consisting of urea groups, a carboxylic acid groups, and mixtures thereof. No side chain of the hydrophobic block comprises a covalently bound biologically active material. The block copolymer self-assembles in water forming micelles suitable for sequestering a biologically active material by a non-covalent interaction, and the block copolymer is 60% biodegraded within 180 days in accordance with ASTM D6400.
POLYCARBONATES FOR DELIVERY OF DRUGS AND METHODS OF PREPARATION THEREOF
申请人:Hedrick James Lupton
公开号:US20120232018A1
公开(公告)日:2012-09-13
A cyclic carbonate monomer has the formula (2):
wherein i) t and t′ are integers independently having a value from 0 to 6 wherein t′ and t cannot both be zero, ii) each Q
1
is a monovalent radical independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halides, alkyl groups comprising 1 to 30 carbons, and aryl groups comprising 6 to 30 carbon atoms, iii) L′ is a divalent linking group comprising one or more carbons, and iv) S′ is a steroidal group.