Direct Poly(β-alanine) Synthesis via Polycondensation in Ionic Liquids.

ACS Macro Lett

UPMC University of Paris 06, UMR7610, Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymères, Paris, 75005, France CNRS, UMR 7610, Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymères, Paris, 75005, France.

Published: August 2012

Poly(β-alanine) was successfully synthesized by an alternative method, which is the direct polyamidation of β-alanine in ionic liquids with triphenylphosphite as a condensing agent. It was found that 1,3-dimethylimidazolium dimethylphosphate was the most suitable reaction medium, in which a number-average degree of polymerization up to 49.5 was obtained. It was shown that the method is also applicable to the direct synthesis of polypeptides, for example, poly(l-valine) and poly(l-isoleucine).

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