Synthesis of polymers and copolymers based on N-vinylamides containing anthracene type luminescent groups☆

Methods have been developed for the synthesis of polymers and copolymers based on N-vinylamides (N-vinylpyrrolidone, N-vinylcaprolactam and N-methyl-N-vinylacetamide) containing 9-alkylanthracene type luminescent groups. It was desired that the intramolecular mobility and intramolecular structuration processes of these polymers and copolymers should be investigated in water and in organic solvents to shed light on molecular mechanisms of their interaction with polymers of various structural types, and with low molecular weight compounds with the aid of the luminescent groups (labels). The methods employed are based on the interaction of functional groups of the (co)polymers (of carboxyl, hydroxyl, amino and aldehyde types) with appropriate reagents (9-anthryldiazomethane, 9-anthrylmethylisocyanate and 9-anthrylmethylamine).