Polyoxypropylene/polyoxyethylene copolymers with improved biological activity
AssigneeCytRx Corporation
InventorsR. Martin Emanuele, Robert L. Hunter, Paula H. Culbreth
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Abstract
The present invention comprises novel preparations of polyoxypropylene/polyoxyethylene copolymers which retain the therapeutic activity of the commercial preparations, but are substantially free from the undesirable effects which are inherent in the prior art preparations. Because the preparations of polyoxypropylene/polyoxyethylene copolymers which comprise the present invention are a less polydisperse population of molecules than the prior art polyoxypropylene/polyoxyethylene copolymers, the biological activity of the copolymers is better defined and more predictable.
Claims28
A polyoxypropylene/polyoxyethylene block copolymer with the following general formula:
- HO(C.sub.2 H.sub.4 O).sub.b (C.sub.3 H.sub.6 O).sub.a (C.sub.2 H.sub.4 O).sub.b H
- wherein a is an integer such that the molecular weight represented by the polyoxypropylene portion of the copolymer is between approximately 900 and 15000 Daltons and b is an integer such that the molecular weight represented by the polyoxyethylene portion of the copolymer constitutes between approximately 5% and 90% of the copolymer and the polydispersity value is less than approximately 1.07.
A surface-active copolymer comprising a polyoxypropylene/polyoxyethylene block copolymer with the following general formula:
- HO(C.sub.2 H.sub.4 O).sub.b (C.sub.3 H.sub.6 O).sub.a (C.sub.2 H.sub.4 O).sub.b H
- wherein a is an integer such that the molecular weight of the hydrophobe (C.sub.3 H.sub.6 O) is approximately 1750 daltons and b is an integer such that the average total molecular weight of the compound is approximately 8400 daltons and the polydispersity value is less than approximately 1.07.
A surface-active copolymer comprising a polyoxypropylene/polyoxyethylene block copolymer with the following general formula:
- HO(C.sub.2 H.sub.4 O).sub.b (C.sub.3 H.sub.6 O).sub.a (C.sub.2 H.sub.4 O).sub.b H
- wherein the total molecular weight of the copolymer is between approximately 5,000 and 15,000 daltons and b is an integer such that the molecular weight represented by the polyoxyethylene portion of the copolymer constitutes between approximately 75% and 85% of the copolymer.
The surface-active copolymer of claim wherein the copolymer is substantially free of unsaturation.
A surface-active copolymer comprising a polyoxypropylene/polyoxyethylene block copolymer with the following general formula:
- HO(C.sub.2 H.sub.4 O).sub.b (C.sub.3 H.sub.6 O).sub.a (C.sub.2 H.sub.4 O).sub.b H
- wherein a is an integer such that the molecular weight of the hydrophobe (C.sub.3 H.sub.6 O) is approximately 9,700 daltons and the average total molecular weight of the compound is approximately 10,000 daltons and the polydispersity value is less than approximately 1.07.
A surface-active copolymer comprising a polyoxypropylene/polyoxyethylene block copolymer with the following general formula:
- HO(C.sub.2 H.sub.4 O).sub.b (C.sub.3 H.sub.6 O).sub.a (C.sub.2 H.sub.4 O).sub.b H
- wherein a is an integer such that the molecular weight of the hydrophobe (C.sub.3 H.sub.6 O) is approximately 3400 daltons and the average total molecular weight of the compound is approximately 4000 daltons and the polydispersity value is less than approximately 1.07.
Substantially pure block copolymer having the formula
- HO(C.sub.2 H.sub.4 O).sub.b (C.sub.3 H.sub.6 O).sub.a (C.sub.2 H.sub.4 O).sub.b H
- wherein a is an integer such that the molecular weight of the hydrophobe (C.sub.3 H.sub.6 O) is approximately 1750 Daltons and b is an integer such that the average molecular weight of the compound is approximately 8400 Daltons, the block copolymer having a polydispersity value of less than approximately 1.07.
Substantially pure block copolymer having the formula
- HO(C.sub.2 H.sub.4 O).sub.b (C.sub.3 H.sub.6 O).sub.a (C.sub.2 H.sub.4 O).sub.b H
- wherein a is an integer such that the molecular weight of the hydrophobe (C.sub.3 H.sub.6 O) is approximately 1750 Daltons and the average molecular weight of the compound is approximately 8400 Daltons, and wherein the block copolymer comprises at least 92.2 percent by weight of a middle molecular weight fraction, not more than 2.1 percent by weight of an early molecular weight fraction, and not more than 5.7 percent by weight of a late molecular weight fraction when fractionated by gel permeation chromatography.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.