TY - JOUR
T1 - Enzymatic ring-opening polymerization of oxiranes and dicarboxylic anhydrides
AU - Soeda, Yasuyuki
AU - Okamoto, Takeshi
AU - Toshima, Kazunobu
AU - Matsumura, Shuichi
PY - 2002/12/1
Y1 - 2002/12/1
N2 - Oxiranes, such as glycidyl phenyl ether, benzyl glycidate, glycidyl methyl ether, and styrene oxide, were copolymerized with dicarboxylic anhydrides, such as succinic anhydride, phthalic anhydride, and maleic anhydride, by the action of an enzyme in a stepwise reaction to produce the corresponding polyesters containing some ether linkages having a maximum M̄w of 13 500. Oxiranes, such as glycidol and glycidyl phenyl ether, were also homopolymerized and copolymerized with other oxiranes by the enzyme to produce the corresponding polyethers.
AB - Oxiranes, such as glycidyl phenyl ether, benzyl glycidate, glycidyl methyl ether, and styrene oxide, were copolymerized with dicarboxylic anhydrides, such as succinic anhydride, phthalic anhydride, and maleic anhydride, by the action of an enzyme in a stepwise reaction to produce the corresponding polyesters containing some ether linkages having a maximum M̄w of 13 500. Oxiranes, such as glycidol and glycidyl phenyl ether, were also homopolymerized and copolymerized with other oxiranes by the enzyme to produce the corresponding polyethers.
KW - Dicarboxylic anhydride
KW - Enzymes
KW - Oxirane
KW - Polyesters
KW - Polyethers
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U2 - 10.1002/mabi.200290003
DO - 10.1002/mabi.200290003
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:20844439571
SN - 1616-5187
VL - 2
SP - 429
EP - 436
JO - Macromolecular Bioscience
JF - Macromolecular Bioscience
IS - 9
ER -