Enzyme-catalyzed synthesis of malonate polyesters and their use as metal chelating materials
Following the environmental problems caused by non-degradable plastics there is a need to synthesise greener and more sustainable polymers. In this work we describe, for the first time, the facile enzyme-catalysed synthesis of linear polyesters using dimethyl malonate as the diester. These polymers,...
| Published in: | Green Chemistry |
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| Main Authors: | , , , , , |
| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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2021
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| Online Access: | https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/175968/ https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/175968/1/d1gc01783g.pdf https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/175968/7/d1gc01783g.pdf https://doi.org/10.1039/D1GC01783G |
| Summary: | Following the environmental problems caused by non-degradable plastics there is a need to synthesise greener and more sustainable polymers. In this work we describe, for the first time, the facile enzyme-catalysed synthesis of linear polyesters using dimethyl malonate as the diester. These polymers, containing a different aliphatic diol component (C4, C6 or C8), were synthesised in solventless conditions using immobilized Candida antarctica lipase B as the biocatalyst. The potential of enzymes for catalysing this reaction is compared with the unsuccessful antimony- and titanium-catalysed synthesis (T>150 °C). The application of the synthesized polymers as effective metal chelators in biphasic, green solvent systems was also described, together with the characterisation of the synthesised materials. |
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