Abstract
A new method was developed to prepare polymers with a saccharide in the main chain without blocking and deblocking procedures. The microbial oxidation product of isomaltulose, 3′-keto-isomaltulose, was converted to a diamine by reductive amination. The resulting diamine was employed as a difunctional monomer for direct polyaddition with diisocyanates. The polyureas formed were characterized by IR, 13C NMR, light scattering, and viscosity measurements.