Multifunctional Fe(III)-Binding Polyethers from Hydroxamic Acid-Based Epoxide Monomers.

Multiple hydroxamic acids are introduced at poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) via copolymerization of ethylene oxide with a novel epoxide monomer containing a 1,4,2-dioxazole-protected hydroxamic acid (HAAGE). AB- and ABA-type di- and triblock copolymers as well as statistical copolymers of HAAGE and ethylene oxide are prepared in a molecular weight range between 2600 and 12 000 g mol with low dispersities (Ð < 1.2).