Development of Water-Soluble Type I Photoinitiators for Hydrogel Synthesis was written by Aubry, Berengere;Dumur, Frederic;Lansalot, Muriel;Bourgeat-Lami, Elodie;Lacote, Emmanuel;Lalevee, Jacques. And the article was included in Macromol in 2022.Safety of ((Oxybis(ethane-2,1-diyl))bis(oxy))bis(ethane-2,1-diyl) bis(2-methylacrylate) This article mentions the following:
In this work, two new water-soluble photoinitiators based on the α-alkoxy-arylketone scaffold have been synthesized and investigated for their ability to initiate photopolymerization for the preparation of hydrogels. The efficiency of these new Type I photoinitiators was compared to that of benchmark ones (2-hydroxy-4′-(2-hydroxyethoxy)-2-methylpropiophenone-Irgacure 2959 and 2-hydroxy-2-Me propiophenone-Irgacure 1173). In combination with additive (carbene-borane), a good initiating ability was found under air. Mech. properties of the prepared hydrogels were investigated by tensile tests and dynamic mech. anal. (DMA). Markedly, hydrogels could be prepared with the newly proposed initiating systems in mild conditions (i.e., under air, using low light intensity @405 or 395 nm and without specialized glassware) and exhibited similar properties to those prepared by harsher approaches (thermal treatment or UV light). In the experiment, the researchers used many compounds, for example, ((Oxybis(ethane-2,1-diyl))bis(oxy))bis(ethane-2,1-diyl) bis(2-methylacrylate) (cas: 109-17-1Safety of ((Oxybis(ethane-2,1-diyl))bis(oxy))bis(ethane-2,1-diyl) bis(2-methylacrylate)).
((Oxybis(ethane-2,1-diyl))bis(oxy))bis(ethane-2,1-diyl) bis(2-methylacrylate) (cas: 109-17-1) belongs to alcohols. Alcohols are among the most common organic compounds. They are used as sweeteners and in making perfumes, are valuable intermediates in the synthesis of other compounds, and are among the most abundantly produced organic chemicals in industry. A multistep synthesis may use Grignard-like reactions to form an alcohol with the desired carbon structure, followed by reactions to convert the hydroxyl group of the alcohol to the desired functionality.Safety of ((Oxybis(ethane-2,1-diyl))bis(oxy))bis(ethane-2,1-diyl) bis(2-methylacrylate)
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