@article{LuedeckeSchlaad2021,
  author    = {L{\"u}decke, Nils and Schlaad, Helmut},
  title     = {Inspired by mussel adhesive protein},
  series = {Polymer Chemistry},
  volume    = {12},
  journal   = {Polymer Chemistry},
  number    = {37},
  publisher = {Royal Society of Chemistry},
  address   = {Cambridge},
  issn      = {1759-9962},
  doi       = {10.1039/d1py00679g},
  pages     = {5310 -- 5319},
  year      = {2021},
  abstract  = {A set of new functionalized poly(2-oxazoline) homopolymers and copolymers carrying protected catecholic side chains were prepared by microwave-assisted cationic ring-opening (co)polymerization. The copolymerizations of 2-ethyl-2-oxazoline with either 2-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-, 2-(3,4-dimethoxybenzyl)-, or 2-(3,4-dimethoxycinnamyl)-2-oxazoline (comonomer ratio 90 : 10) produced gradient or random copolymers with narrow molar mass distributions. During the copolymerization with the 2-(3,4-dimethoxycinnamyl)-2-oxazoline, however, chain coupling reactions occurred at monomer conversions of >50\%, supposedly via Michael-type addition of intermediately formed ketene N,O-acetal end groups to 3,4-dimethoxycinnamyl amide side chains. A poly[(2-ethyl-2-oxazoline)-grad-(2-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-2-oxazoline)] was examplarily subjected to partial demethylation and acidic hydrolysis to give a hydrophilic copolymer carrying both catecholic and cationic units, which is designed as a bioinspired adhesive copolymer mimicking mussel adhesive protein.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{LuedeckeWeidnerSchlaad2019,
  author    = {L{\"u}decke, Nils and Weidner, Steffen M. and Schlaad, Helmut},
  title     = {Poly(2-oxazoline)s Based on Phenolic Acids},
  series = {Macromolecular rapid communications},
  volume    = {41},
  journal   = {Macromolecular rapid communications},
  number    = {1},
  publisher = {Wiley-VCH},
  address   = {Weinheim},
  issn      = {1022-1336},
  doi       = {10.1002/marc.201900404},
  pages     = {5},
  year      = {2019},
  abstract  = {A series of phenolic-acid-based 2-oxazoline monomers with methoxy-substituted phenyl and cinnamyl side chains is synthesized and polymerized in a microwave reactor at 140 °C using methyl tosylate as the initiator. The obtained poly(2-oxazoline)s are characterized by NMR spectroscopy, MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry, and size-exclusion chromatography (SEC). Kinetic studies reveal that the microwave-assisted polymerization is fast and completed within less than ≈10 min for low monomer-to-initiator ratios of ≤25. Polymers with number-average molar masses of up to 6500 g mol-1 and low dispersity (1.2-1.3) are produced. The aryl methyl ethers are successfully cleaved with aluminum triiodide/N,N′-diisopropylcarbodiimide to give a poly(2-oxazoline) with pendent catechol groups.},
  language  = {en}
}