Green polymer chemistry: Telechelic poly(ethylene glycol)s via enzymatic catalysis
Abstract This article reports our discovery that poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) can quantitatively be functionalized by transesterification using Candida antarctica lipase B (Novozyme 435) as the catalyst. α‐ω telechelic PEG‐methacrylates and PEG‐acetates were successfully prepared using commercially a...
| Published in: | Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry |
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| Main Authors: | , , |
| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley
2008
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pola.22640 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fpola.22640 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/pola.22640 |
| Summary: | Abstract This article reports our discovery that poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) can quantitatively be functionalized by transesterification using Candida antarctica lipase B (Novozyme 435) as the catalyst. α‐ω telechelic PEG‐methacrylates and PEG‐acetates were successfully prepared using commercially available PEGs with both narrow and broad molecular weight distribution. 1 H and 13 C NMR together with MALDI‐TOF mass spectroscopy verified the expected structures. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 46: 3024–3028, 2008 |
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