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Obtain free -poly(L-malic acid) after passage over Amberlite IR 120 (H -form) (20 ml bed volume/1 g of polymer salt). Lyophylize, dissolve powder in acetone, remove insoluble material by centrifugation, and evaporate acetone from the supernatant. 

Metal-free poly-4-vinyl-4 -methyl-2,2 -bipyridine films on electrodes have been prepared by the electroreductive polymerization of a Rh complex and subsequent leaching of the metal by a strong complexand. The films can incorporate a variety of transition metals... 

It may be, because of the slowness of the acid-base reaction in resin glass polyalkenoate cements, that free poly(acrylic acid) is available for a longer period than in conventional glass polyalkenoate cements, for the... 

Kamitakahara, M., Kawashita, M., Miyata, N., Kokubo, T. and Nakamura, T. (2003) Apatite-forming ability and mechanical properties of CaO-free poly (tetramethylene oxide) (PTMO)-TiC>2 hybrids treated with hot water. Biomaterials, 24, 1357-1363. 

Scheme 6.36 Synthesis of lengthy and defect-free poly(meto-phenyleneethynylene)s via polycondensation.

There are a few reports of poly(naphthalene) thin films. Yoshino and co-workers. used electrochemical polymerization to obtain poly(2,6-naphthalene) film from a solution of naphthalene and nitrobenzene with a composite electrolyte of copper(II) chloride and lithium hexafluoroarsenate. Zotti and co-workers prepared poly( 1,4-naphthalene) film by anionic coupling of naphthalene on. platinum or glassy carbon electrodes with tetrabutylammonium tetrafluoroborate as an electrolyte in anhydrous acetonitrile and 1,2-dichloroethane. Recently, Hara and Toshima prepared a purple-colored poly( 1,4-naphthalene) film by electrochemical polymerization of naphthalene using a mixed electrolyte of aluminum chloride and cuprous chloride. Although the film was contaminated with the electrolyte, the polymer had very high thermal stability (decomposition temperature of 546°C). The only catalyst-free poly(naphthalene) which utilized a unique chemistry, Bergman s cycloaromatization, was obtained by Tour and co-workers recently (vide infra). 

Fig. 25. Polymerization of acrylonitrile by poly(methyl methacrylate) mastication. Analysis of products at various extent of polymerization, i free poly(methyl methacrylate) 2 soluble block copolymer 3 chloroform-insoluble block copolymer gel (78)...

As shown in Scheme 1, two other pathways lead to the formation of dolichol phosphate. These are (a) phosphorylation of the free poly-prenol, and (b) dephosphorylation of dolichol diphosphate. A dolichol phosphate-cleaving phosphatase has been described as occurring in Tetrahymena pyriformis,15 human lymphocytes,18 calf brain,17 and rat-nerve tissue.18 The protozoal enzyme was a soluble acid phosphatase, although it was clearly different from the bulk phosphatase activity, whereas the mammalian enzymes had optima at neutral pH and were membrane-bound. 

For N-vinylcarbazole in methylene chloride solutions cycloheptatrienyl ion has been shown to be a very efficient initiator, reacting by a rapid and direct addition to the olefin (82). A mechanistic scheme involving virtually instantaneous and quantitative initiation, rapid propagation (and transfer) and no true termination appears to operate, enabling rate constants for propagation kp, to be determined very simply from initial slopes of conversion/time curves. Under the experimental conditions used the initiators were almost totally dissociated and there seems every reason to suppose that the propagating cations are similarly dissociated (Section II.C.2). The derived rate constants therefore refer to the reactivity of free poly-(N-vinylcarbazole) cation, kp, and relevant data are summarised in Table 7. 

Poly(VAd) in the polysaccharide-coated liposomes activated mouse peritoneal macrophages more effectively than free poly(VAd) and the % increase in 02 maximizes at 2 h after administration (Fig. 20). These results show that poly(VAd), which is a typical synthetic analog of nucleic acids [19], modulates immune responses similar to native polynucleotides [70]. Poly(VAd-eo-MAn) in polysaccharide-coated liposome activated mouse peritoneal macrophages more effectively than free poly(VAd-eo-MAn). The percent increase in O2- production at... 

Fig. 20. Superoxide anion production from murine peritoneal macrophage after in vivo activation with poly(VAd) encapsulated in the mannan derivation-coated LUV. — A — Po-ly(VAd)/LUV, - - free poly(VAd), — A — empty LUV without poly(VAd)...

The literature is replete with reports of minor inhibitions of some biochemical or physiological process by chemotherapeutic drugs. In my own laboratory it was found that quinacrine caused a slight inhibition of protein biosynthesis in susceptible bacteria which subsequently was verified in a cell-free poly U system, polymerizing phenylalanine 18 Since it was also established, however, that the drug is a strong inhibitor of DNA biosynthesis 17 and that this effect accounts for the bactericidal action of quinacrine, the slight effect on protein biosynthesis was not mistaken as the mode of action. 

PAA and PVP do not react in DMF. The PMAA-PVP compact complex formed in DMF gradually dissociates upon the addition of DMSO (Fig. 16, curve 4). The behavior of the free poly(aerylic acid) and poly(methacrylic acid) in mixtures of organic solvents (methanol - DMSO for PAA and DMF - DMSO for PMAA) markedly differs from that in the complex (Fig. 16). This also supports the binding of PAA and PMAA with PVP in organic solvents (in methanol and DMF, respectively). 

Triplexes are usually less stable than related double-strand structures because of the stronger electrostatic repulsion of the third chain. However, certain metal cations at appropriate concentrations can favor the formation of such structures by neutralization of the repulsive phosphate negative charges by the metal cations. For example, atNa+ concentrations about or less than 0.2 M, duplex poly(A)-poly(U) is predominant, but at higher concentrations of monovalent cations or in the presence of certain divalent metal cations (e.g. Mg + and Mn + at concentrations > 10 mM), the duplex disproportionates to form poly(A)-2poly(U) triplex and a free poly (A) strand. 

There is a range of polysulfide dianions 8 that can be obtained by reaction of sulfur with simple sulfides, by high-temperature reaction of an alkali metal with sulfur, or by reaction of alkali metals with sulfur in liquid ammonia. Often, once formed, the anions are in equilibrium in solution, but individual anions can be complexed successfully. 8tructures of the free poly sulfide anions are shown in Figure 31. 

UV spectroscopy shows that quaternary phosphonium ions are present but, of course, does not prove that they are joined to polymer chains. The authors fractionated their polymers with a THF/water solvent-non solvent combination. They had found that the model compound described above could be quantitatively separated from phosphorus free poly(methylenemalonie ester). After fractionation the phosphorus content fell, but when the molecular weight was determined by vapour pressure osmometry, it was found that there was approximately one phosphonium group per chain. The absorption coefficient of the model compound was used to calculate the phosphorus content of the product. 

Initial intrinsic viscosity, dl/g Free poly(methyl acrylate) Free polystyrene Block arpolymer... 

Jeon HJ, Jeong YI, Jang MK, et al. Effect of solvent on the preparation of surfactant-free poly (DL-lactide-co-glycolide) nanoparticles and norfloxacin release characteristics. Int J Pharm 2000 207(1-2) 99-108. 

B. Distribution Functions and Osmotic Coefficient for Salt-Free Poly(p-Phenylene) Solutions... 

Mechanical properties of the membranes were preliminarly tested and compared to those exhibited by cell-free poly-sulphone fibres. The Young modulus, E wet, and the ultimate properties of the membranes were estimated by a stress-strain analysis carried out on a Instrom Universal Tester. The average value of the Young modulus was found lower by a factor of about 2.5 relative to the average value of the cell-free fibres. 

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