1. A green strategy for the synthesis of poly(ethylene succinate) and its copolyesters via enzymatic ring opening polymerization
- Author
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A.M. de Ilarduya, Sebastián Muñoz-Guerra, Juan Carlos Morales-Huerta, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament d'Enginyeria Química, and Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. POL - Polímers Industrials Avançats i Biopolímers Tecnològics
- Subjects
Ethylene ,Materials science ,Polymers and Plastics ,Polymers ,Polyesters ,Polimerització ,General Physics and Astronomy ,02 engineering and technology ,Dimethyl succinate ,010402 general chemistry ,01 natural sciences ,Ring-opening polymerization ,Polymerization ,Turn (biochemistry) ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Enginyeria química [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC] ,Polièsters ,Polymer chemistry ,Materials Chemistry ,Green strategy ,Enzymatic synthesis ,chemistry.chemical_classification ,Poly(ethylene succinate) ,Organic Chemistry ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,ROP ,0104 chemical sciences ,Polímers ,Enzyme ,chemistry ,Cyclic oligoesters ,0210 nano-technology ,Ethylene glycol - Abstract
Poly(ethylene succinate) (PES) with weight-average molecular weight above 60,000 g mol-1 was efficiently obtained by enzymatic ring opening polymerization of cyclic oligo(ethylene succinate)s c(ES)n, which in turn were prepared by lipase-catalysed cyclocondensation in solution of dimethyl succinate and ethylene glycol. The methodology was demonstrated to be also applicable to the synthesis of high molecular weight PES-copolyesters containing butylene succinate, e-hydroxycaproate or L-lactate units with a random distribution.
- Published
- 2017