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The potato phosphorylase-catalyzed polymerization of α-D-glucose-1-phosphate (G-1-P) onto poly[styrene-block-(4-vinylbenzyl maltohexaoside)] (1) was performed at the molar ratios of [G-l-P]0 and [maltohexaose]0 of 35, 80, and 250. The product was found to be soluble in dimethyl sulfoxide, which was a good solvent for amylose, and showed the complex-formation with iodine, indicating that the product was assignable to poly[styrene-block-(styrene-graft-amylose)] (2). The quantitative analysis of the liberated phosphoric acid gave the average degree of polymerization o f the glucose unit (n) as 27, 5 1, and 180 for 2-I, 2-II, and 2-III, respectively.
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Received: 29 November 2002/Accepted: 22 December 2002
Correspondence to Toyoji Kakuchi
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Narumi, A., Kawasaki, K., Kaga, H. et al. Glycoconjugated polymer 6. Synthesis of poly[styrene-block-(styrene-graft-amylose)] via potato phosphorylase-catalyzed polymerization. Polymer Bulletin 49, 405–410 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00289-003-0126-3
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00289-003-0126-3