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Table 1 Chemical properties of representative synthetic block copolymers

From: Muscle membrane integrity in Duchenne muscular dystrophy: recent advances in copolymer-based muscle membrane stabilizers

Architecture

Polymer

PEOa

PPOa

End groupb

Massc

PEO%d

Triblock copolymer/P188e

PEO75PPO30PEO75

150

30

–

8400

80

Triblock copolymer/P338e

PEO140PPO44PEO140

280

44

–

8400

84

Triblock copolymer/P331e

PEO7PPO54PEO7

14

54

–

3700

26

Diblock copolymer

 

PEO75PPO15 − H

75

15

−H

4200

80

 

PEO75PPO15 − C4

75

15

−C(CH3)3

4430

77

Homopolymer

PEO198

198

0

–

8700f

100

  1. aTotal number of EO or PO monomer units
  2. bChemical end group at terminal PO
  3. cAverage molecular weight in g/mol by 1H NMR end-group analysis
  4. dPEO weight percent to total molecular weight
  5. eManufacturer BASF
  6. fNumber average molecular weight