Facile Preparation of a Glycopolymer Library by PET-RAFT Polymerization for Screening the Polymer Structures of GM1 Mimics.

Commercialized oligosaccharides such as GM1 are useful for biological applications but generally expensive. Thus, facile access to an effective alternative is desired. Glycopolymers displaying both carbohydrate and hydrophobic units are promising materials as alternatives to oligosaccharides.

Screening of a Glycopolymer Library of GM1 Mimics Containing Hydrophobic Units Using Surface Plasmon Resonance Imaging.

Effective screening methods for the development of glycopolymers as molecular recognition materials are desirable for the discovery of novel biofunctional materials. A glycopolymer library was prepared to obtain guidelines for the design of glycopolymers for the recognition of cholera toxin B subunits (CTB). Glycopolymers with varying ratios of hydrophobic and sugar units were synthesized by reversible addition fragmentation chain transfer polymerization.