Linear poly(amide triazole)s derived from d-glucose

The click reaction between azides and alkynes is been increasingly employed in the preparation of polymers. In this article, we describe the synthesis and click polyaddition reaction of a new A-B-type amide monomer—prepared from d-glucose as renewable resource—containing the alkyne and azide functions. Both Cu(I)-catalyzed and metal-free click polymerization methods were used to prepare glucose-derived poly(amide triazole)s. The resulting polymers had weight-average molecular weights in the 45,000–129,000 range and were characterized by GPC, IR, and NMR spectroscopies. Thermal and X-ray diffraction studies revealed them to be amorphous. Their qualitative solubilities in various solvents and their water sorption have been studied. The poly(amide triazole)s having the alcohol functions protected as methyl ether were water-soluble. The presence of the amide functions along the polymer chain made these polytriazoles degradable in the presence of sodium deuteroxide. The degradation was monitored by NMR analysis, and the degradation product was characterized by HRMS. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 2014, 52, 629–638