Water-soluble and water-insoluble, ring opening metathesis polymerization products, monomers and related methods
The invention provides certain novel water-soluble and water-insoluble monomers for ring opening metathesis polymerization and novel polymers, compositions and products, and related methods thereof.
1. A monomer having Formula I:
wherein
X is O, CH 2 or substituted CH 2 ;
Y 1 , Y 2 each is carbonyl; and
Z 1 is selected from:
Z 2 is selected from:
wherein m, n is independently an integer from about 1 to about 50.
2. The monomer of claim 1 , wherein
Z 1 is
.
3. The monomer of claim 2 , wherein
Z 2 is selected from:
wherein m, n is independently an integer from about 1 to about 50.
4. The monomer of claim 3 , wherein
Z 2 is selected from:
wherein n is independently an integer from about 1 to about 50.
5. The monomer of claim 3 , wherein Z 2 is selected from:
wherein m is independently an integer from about 1 to about 50.
6. The monomer of claim 3 , wherein Z 2 is selected from:
wherein m is independently an integer from about 1 to about 50.
7. The monomer of claim 3 , wherein Z 2 is selected from:
wherein m is independently an integer from about 1 to about 50
.
8. The monomer of claim 1 , wherein
Z 1 is selected from:
9. The monomer of claim 8 , wherein
wherein m, n is independently an integer from about 1 to about 50.
10. The monomer of claim 1 , wherein each R is independently selected from:
11. The monomer of claim 1 , wherein the monomer is capable of crosslinking with a crosslinking agent selected from:
wherein R is —(CH 2 ) m —, —(CH 2 CH 2 O) n —, or a peptide of about 3 to about 25 amino acids, m is an integer from about 0 to about 10, and
n is an integer from about 1 to about 3000.
12. The monomer of claim 1 , wherein the monomer is capable of crosslinking with a crosslinking agent selected from:
wherein n is from an integer from about 1 to about 3000.
13. The monomer of claim 12 , wherein n is from about 100 to about 500.
14. The monomer of claim 13 , wherein n is 273.