Abstract

Poly((2‑tert-butoxycarbonyloxy)ethyl methacrylate) (PBHEMA) is converted to poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) (PHEMA) with the release of isobutene and CO2 by heating and this reaction is accelerated by an acid. The thermally latent acid catalysts (TLA) are useful for the control of a working temperature for the deprotection of the tert‑butoxycarbonyl (BOC) groups included in PBHEMA. In this study, styrene- and methacrylate-type sulfonic esters were synthesized and copolymerized with BHEMA in order to investigate the effect of the TLAs incorporated into the polymer chains. Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and differential thermal analysis (DTA) were carried out for the copolymers of BHEMA with the polymerizable TLAs in order to discuss the deprotection features of the BOC group in comparison with the results for the systems of PBHEMA blended with the low-molecular-weight TLAs.

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