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Biotinylated Poly(3-Hexylthiophene-co-3-Methanolthiophene): A Langmuir Monolayer Forming Copolymer (2006)

Abstract

Copolymers of 3-substituted thiophenes have been synthesized by organosynthetic routes. The chemical synthesis of the copolymer was carried out by dehydrogenation of 3-hexylthiophene and 3-methanolthiophene. Attachment of biotin to the resulting copolymer, poly(3-hexylthiophene-co-3-methanolthiophene) (PHMT) is accomplished by room temperature esterification using N,N dicyclohexylcarbodiimide (DCC) and 4-pyrolidinopyridine as catalyst. The resulting copolymers have well defined chemical and electronic structure and molecular weights. The biotinylated copolymer forms a stable monolayer at air- water interface due to the polar groups along the polymer backbone. biotin, Langmuir, Substituted thiophenes.

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Download	http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA271311
Contributors	MASSACHUSETTS UNIV LOWELL DEPT OF CHEMISTRY
Repository	Defense Technical Information Center OAI-PMH Repository (United States)
Keywords	BIOCHEMISRTY, ORGANIC CHEMISTRY, POLYMER CHEMISTRY, ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM, COPOLYMERS, THIOPHENES, ELECTRONICS, REPRINTS, TEMPERATURE, SYNTHESIS, AIR, CHEMICALS, ROOM TEMPERATURE, ORGANIC COMPOUNDS, VITAMIN B COMPLEX, BIOMOLECULES, PYRIDINES, ESTERS, MOLECULAR STRUCTURE, DEHYDROGENATION, CATALYSTS, WEIGHT, ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY, INTERFACES, LAYERS, WATER, POLYMERS, MOLECULAR WEIGHT, *BIOTINYLATED, POLY(3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE-CO-3-METHANOL THIOPHENE), LANGMUIR MONOLAYER, PHMT, DCC(N N-DICYCLOHEXYLCARBODIIMIDE), PYROLIDINO PYRIDINE, LANGMUIR
Language	eng