Biomedical Engineering Reference
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Table 3.1
Types of the polyanhydrides and their representative chemical structures.
Polymer
Structure
Reference
Alipahtic polyanhydrides
PSA
[7]
O
O
C
(CH
2
)
8
C
O
n
Aromatic polyanhydrides
P(CPV)
[14]
O
O
C
O(CH
2
)
4
C
O
n
P(TA - IPA)
[15]
O
O
O
O
n
O
P(CPP - IPA)
[15]
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
n
Aromatic polyanhydrides
P(CPP - SA)
[14]
O
O
O
O
C
(CH
2
)
3
C
OC
(CH
2
)
8
C
O
n
m
P(CPM - SA)
[14]
O
O
O
O
C
(CH
2
)
1
C
OC
(CH
2
)
8
C
O
n
m
P(CPH - SA)
[14]
O
O
O
O
C
(CH
2
)
6
C
OC
(CH
2
)
8
C
O
n
m
Fatty acid polyanhydrides
P(RA - SA)
[16]
OO
O
O
O
(CH
2
)
8
O
(CH
2
)
8
OCH
3
H
3
CO(CH
2
)
8
O
m
n-m
(CH
2
)
5
n
O
O
CH
3
P(EAD - SA)
[17]
OO
O
n=25-50
RO
R
n
O
O
Stearic acid
terminated with
PSA
[18]
OO
(CH
2
)
8
O
O
O
O
7
n
7
(
Continued
)
