Novel perfluoroalkylated oligo(oxyethylene) methyl ethers with high hemocompatibility and excellent co-emulsifying properties for potential biomedical uses
non-hydroxylated spacer was synthesized from allyl methyl ethers of oligo(oxyethylene) glycols using radical additions of perfluoroalkyl iodides and subsequent selective reductions of the C–I bond in the adducts in overall yields of 23–69%. Some of the novel amphiphilic compounds displayed very low hemolytic activity to erythrocytes and excellent co-emulsifying properties on testing on perfluorodecalin/Pluronic F-68