@article{Deoghare_Balaji_Dhandapani_Srivastava_Ganguly_Chauhan_2022, place={Belgrade, Serbia}, title={Antimicrobial and anticancer activities of copolymers of tri-O-acetyl-D-glucal and itaconic anhydride: Scientific paper}, volume={87}, url={https://www.shd-pub.org.rs/index.php/JSCS/article/view/11108}, DOI={10.2298/JSC210828108D}, abstractNote={<p>This paper reports the synthesis and characterization of monomers itaconic anhydride (IA) and tri-<em>O</em>-acetyl-d-glucal (TAG) as well as 4,6-di-<em>O</em>-acetyl-d-glucal (PSG). The homopolymers and copolymers of IA and TAG were synthesized <em>via</em> free radical copolymerization in bulk, using azobisiso­but­yronitrile as an initiator with different feed ratios of monomers. Their struc­tural, molecular and thermal characterization was done using <sup>1</sup>H-NMR spectro­scopy, gel permeation chromatography and differential scanning calorimetry, respectively. The glass transition temperature (<em>T</em><sub>g</sub>) of copolymers was found in the range of 139–145 °C. The highest <em>T</em><sub>g</sub> was found for IA–TAG2 copolymers, whereas IA–TAG4 copolymer showed lowest <em>T</em><sub>g</sub>. The molecular weight of the copolymers was in the range 5157–5499 g mol<sup>-1</sup>. The monomer TAG under­goes Ferrier rearrangement in water to give PSG. The antimicrobial activity of IA, TAG, PSG and IA–TAG copolymers was studied using the minimum mic­ro­bicidal concentration-broth dilution method. TAG, IA and PSG, as well as homopolymer and copolymers of IA and TAG are excellent antimicrobial agents.</p>}, number={5}, journal={Journal of the Serbian Chemical Society}, author={Deoghare, Chetana and Balaji, Shruti and Dhandapani, Savitha and Srivastava, Honey and Ganguly, Anasuya and Chauhan, Rashmi}, year={2022}, month={May}, pages={629–640} }