Poly(
oxazoline)- and poly(oxazine)-based lipids, process for the preparation thereof, and use thereofDisclosed are polymers of formulae (I) or (II)or polymers containing, based on all structural units, 10 to 95 mol % of structural units of the formula (III), 5 to 90 mol % of structural units of the formula (IV) and 0 to 20 mol % of structural units of the formula (V)or containing 10 to 95 mol % of structural units of the formula (VI), 5 to 90 mol % of structural units of the formula (VII) and 0 to 20 mol % of structural units of the formula (VIII)wherein at least one of the structural units of formula (III), (IV) or (V) or of formula (VI), (VII) or (VIII) with the grouping —CHR4—, —CHR5— or CHR7— or with the grouping —CHR5—, —CHR7— or —CHR10— is covalently bonded to a radical R2, whereinIni is a radical derived from an initiator of the
cationic polymerization,R1 is selected from the group consisting of
hydrogen or C1-C4
alkyl,R2 is selected from the group consisting of —OR11, —OCO—R11, —OCO—R14—CO—OR11, —OCO—R14—CO—NR12R13, —NR12—R14—CO—NR13R15, —O—R16—(O—OC—R18)m andR3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9 and R10 independentlky of one another are
hydrogen, methyl, ethyl, propyl or butyl,R11 is C6-C20
alkyl,R12 and R15 independently of one another are
hydrogen or
alkyl,R13 is C6-C20 alkyl,R14 is alkylene, cycloalkylene,
arylene or aralkylene,R16 is an m+1-valent
aliphatic hydrocarbon radical,m is an integer from 1 to 5,R18 is C6-C20 alkyl, with the proviso, that several residues R18 of a residue R16 may be different within the scope of the given definitions,R17 is a trivalent bicyclic residue, andw is an integer in the range from 1 to 5000.These polymers are amphiphilic and can be used as a replacement for
polyethylene glykols, for example in formulations comprising active ingredients.