Amphiphilic polymers bearing gluconolactone moieties: Synthesis and long side-chain crystalline behavior

► Amphiphilic carbohydrate polymers obtained from an unprotected glycomonomer and MMA. ► The kinetic behavior and copolymers structure fully characterized. ► Carbohydrate copolymers with high content of glycomonomer present crystalline order. ► Glycopolymers with high fraction of MMA display phase separation.