Block copolymers of amino acids. II. Physicochemical data on copolymers containing L‐alanine or L‐phenylalanine

Abstract
The water‐soluble block copolymers, whose syntheses were described in the preceding paper, were subjected to ultracentrifugation, viscosity, optical rotatory dispersion circular dichroism, fluorescence, proton magnetic resonance, and infrared measurements. Discrepancies between Mn and Mw, and line broadening in the proton magnetic resonance spectra (attributed to the formation of rigid structures), support the conclusion (drawn in the preceding paper) that the block copolymers are aggregated in aqueous solution. It is shown that similar block copolymers reported in the literature are also aggregated.

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