Influence of cyclodextrin on the solubility and the polymerization of (meth)acrylated Triton^® X-100

• Melanie Kemnitz and
• Helmut Ritter

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 2176–2183, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.245

• Melanie Kemnitz Helmut Ritter Institute of Organic Chemistry and Macromolecular Chemistry II, Heinrich-Heine-University, Universitätsstraße 1, 40255 Düsseldorf (Germany) 10.3762/bjoc.8.245 Abstract Triton® X-100 (poly(ethylene glycol) tert-octylphenyl ether) was (meth)acrylated and polymerized in

• ®; randomly methylated β-cyclodextrin (RAMEB-CD); rheology; Triton® X-100 (poly(ethylene glycol)tert-octylphenyl ether); Introduction Triton® X-100 (1) is a macromolecular, nonionic surfactant with an average number of ethylene oxide units of 9.5. The tert-octylphenyl group is a hydrophobic moiety whereas