以乙二胺四乙酸酐(ethylenediaminetetraacetic dianhydride,EDTAD)和丁二胺(butanediamine,BDA)为原料,通过酸酐的N-酰化开环聚合反应合成主链含酰胺基、侧链含羧基的直链共聚物(pEDTAD—BDA),然后在磷酸催化剂存在下,pEDTAD—BDA在160℃发生分子内脱水形成含多元酰亚胺的共聚物(pEDTAD—BDA—Imide),最后以丁二胺为交联剂,与pEDTAD—BDA—Imide中的酰亚胺发生N-酰化开环反应,生成了侧链含氨基的网络聚合物(BDA—crosslinked—EDTAD—BDA)。该网络聚合物可同时具有完全可降解性、pH敏感性和生物相容性。采用红外光谱和茚三酮显色法对pEDTAD—BDA和BDA—crosslinked—EDTAD—BDA的结构和分子量进行了定性定量表征。
A novel pH-sensitive degradable hydrogel based on ethylenediaminetetraacetic dianhydride (EDTAD) was synthesized. EDTAD reacted with butanediamine through N-acylation ring-opening polymerization of anhydride groups to give a linear copolymer (pEDTAD-BDA) with carboxyl groups on its side chains and amide groups on its backbone, pEDTA-BDA was dehydrated between those carboxyl groups on its side chains and amide groups on its backbone at 160℃with phosphoric acid as a catalyst. A copolymer was produced containing imide groups (pEDTAD-BDA-Imide). pEDTAD-BDA-Imide was crosslinked by BDA via N-acylation of the imide groups, yielding the desired network polymer with pendant amino groups (BDA-crosslinked-EDTAD-BDA). BDA-crosslinked-EDTAD-BDA is a promising hydrogel for drug controlled release integrating such advantages as degradahility, good hiocompatihility and pH- sensitivity. FTIR and ninhydrin reaction are employed to qualitatively and quantitatively characterize pEDTAD-BDA and BDA-crosslinked-EDTAD-BDA.