Oxidative Polymer Degradation via Cope Elimination

JI Bowman, JB Young, VL Thompson… - …, 2024 - ACS Publications
We report on a mild and efficient method to degrade poly (β-amino esters)(PBAEs) and poly
(amido amines)(PAMAMs) via Cope elimination. Oxidation of backbone tertiary amines to N …

Elucidating the effect of amine charge state on poly (β-amino ester) degradation using permanently charged analogs

MK Kuenen, KS Reilly, RA Letteri - ACS macro letters, 2023 - ACS Publications
With synthetic ease and tunable degradation lifetimes, poly (β-amino ester) s (PBAEs) have
found use in increasingly diverse applications, from gene therapy to thermosets …