2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate properties

Montheard,J.P.,Chatzopoulos,M.and Chappard, D. (1992) 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA) - chemical properties and applications in biomedical fields. Journal of Macromolecular Science — Macromolecular Review, 32, 1—34. 

The Effects of Initiator and Diluent on the Photopolymerization of 2-Hydroxyethyl Methacrylate and on Properties of Hydrogels Obtained... 

This technology was extended to the preparation of chiral capillary columns [ 138 -141 ]. For example, enantioselective columns were prepared using a simple copolymerization of mixtures of O-[2-(methacryloyloxy)ethylcarbamoyl]-10,11-dihydro quinidine, ethylene dimethacrylate, and 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate in the presence of mixture of cyclohexanol and 1-dodecanol as porogenic solvents. The porous properties of the monolithic columns can easily be controlled through changes in the composition of this binary solvent. Very high column efficiencies of 250,000 plates/m and good selectivities were achieved for the separations of numerous enantiomers [140]. 

Example 66 the phosphoroamidite route has been used to prepare phospholipid analogues holding biocompatible properties. Brown et al. [106] have prepared the 2-(methacryloyloxy)ethylphosphorylcholine monomer using the 2-iV,iSr-diisopropyl-l,3,2-dioxaphospholane which was coupled with 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate (step a) in the presence of 4,5-dichloroimida-zole. 

Polyurethane hydrogels derived from UV curable urethane prepolymer and hydrophilic monomers were prepared and their properties were evaluated. The urethane prepolymer used in this study contained well-defined hard segments centered with a polyether-based soft segment and end-capped with methacrylate groups. The hydrophilic monomers studied were 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA), N-vinyl pyrrolidone, and glycerol methacrylate. Methacryloxypropyl tris(trimethysiloxy) silane (TRIS) was also used in some cases to modify properties. All compositions were UV... 

Polyesters synthesized from terephthaloyl chloride and isohexides were prepared, and characterized by differential scanning calorimetry, n.m.r. spectroscopy, and viscosity measurement.25,128 Another polyester, prepared by copolymerization of (2-hydroxyethyl)methacrylate with isoman-nide dimethacrylate (172), forms a hydrogel when allowed to swell in isotonic sodium chloride solution. This gel has useful properties for manufacturing contact-lens material.265... 

The preparation of cellulose copolymers with vinyl monomers, which have functional groups that are hydrophilic in nature, has given textile products with improved soil release properties. For example, as shown in Figure 5, crosslinked cellulose-poly (methacrylic acid) copolymer fabrics exhibited both increased oily and aqueous soil release during washing compared with the crosslinked control fabrics. However, for oily soil, when softeners were added to the wash water, this improvement in soil release decreased. Crosslinked cellulose-poly (hydroxyethyl methacrylate) copolymer fabrics exhibited no improvement in oily soil release and only slight improvement in aqueous soil release compared... 

Liquid fluorocarbon was used as continuous phase by Perez-Moral and Mayes [19] as well. They proposed a new method for rapid synthesis of MIP beads, in that they prepared 36 polymers imprinted for propranolol and morphine with different amounts of EDMA as a cross-linker and different functional monomers (MAA, acrylic acid, hydroxyethyl methacrylate, 4-vinylpyridine) directly in SPE cartridges. The properties of MIP microspheres prepared by this method were very similar in terms of size, morphology and extent of rebinding to microspheres prepared by conventional suspension polymerisation in perfluorocarbons as well as to bulk polymers prepared in the same solvent. The most notable advantages of this method are no waste production (no transfer of beads during washing steps) and possible direct use for a variety of screening, evaluation and optimisation experiments. 

Abbasi F, Mirzadeh H, Katbab AA (2002) Comparison of viscoelastic properties of polydimethylsiloxane/poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) IPNs with their physical blends. J Appl Poly Sci 86(14) 3480—3485... 

The polymerization described so far is homo-polymerization based on single monomers. Some polymers used in pharmaceutical applications are copolymers. They have properties that each homo-polymer does not exhibit. For example, the copolymer of hydroxyethyl methacrylate and methyl methacrylate is synthesized in order to obtain a polymer exhibiting a hydrophilic/hydrophobic balance. A variety of copolymers (alternating, block, random) can be formed from two different monomers. Special processes produce alternating and block copolymers, while random copolymers are produced by free-radical copolymerization of two monomers. The polymerization steps, such as initiation, propagation, and termination, are the same as in free-radical homo-polymerization. Copolymerization kinetics are depicted as follows ... 

We therefore conclude that the styrene-hydroxyethyl methacrylate copolymers used in this work have a relatively. broad molecular weight distribution and that the effect of increasing hydroxyl content on the properties of dilute toluene solution is to contract the polymer molecule and decrease the polymer-solvent interaction without causing appreciable aggregation by intermolecular hydrogen bonding. 

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