Abstract
Viscosity and optical rotation of a synthetic polymer, poly-ε-aminocaproyl-α-alanine, were studied connecting with the reversible heat coagulation. A minimum viscosity of the poly-ε-aminocaproyl-D,L-alanine solution was found at 55°C. Heating of the poly-ε-amino-caproyl-L-alanine solution produces an increase in its levo-rotation and a shift of its dispersion constant (λc value) to shorter wavelength. The mechanism of the reversible heat coagulation of the polymer was discussed to be based on the obtained result.

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