Solvent-dependent conformation of a regioselective amylose carbamate: amylose-2-acetyl-3,6-bis(phenylcarbamate).

Six amylose-2-acetyl-3,6-bis(phenylcarbamate) (AAPC) samples ranging in weight-average molar mass M(w) from 1.8 × 10(4) g mol(-1) to 1.1 × 10(6) g mol(-1) have been prepared from enzymatically synthesized amylose samples.

Solvent-dependent conformation of amylose tris(phenylcarbamate) as deduced from scattering and viscosity data.

The z-average mean-square radius of gyration S(2)(z), the particle scattering function P(k), the second virial coefficient, and the intrinsic viscosity [eta] have been determined for amylose tris(phenylcarbamate) (ATPC) in methyl acetate (MEA) at 25 degrees C, in ethyl acetate (EA) at 33 degrees C, and in 4-methyl-2-pentanone (MIBK) at 25 degrees C by light and small-angle X-ray scattering and viscometry as functions of the weight-average molecular weight in a range from 2 x 10(4) to 3 x 10(6). The first two solvents attain the theta state, whereas the last one is a good solvent for the amylose derivative. Analysis of the S(2)(z), P(k), and [eta] data based on the wormlike chain yields h (the contour length or helix pitch per repeating unit) = 0.