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: | Text |
| Language: | English |
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The Royal Society of Chemistry
2021
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| Online Access: | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8293702/ 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 (C(4), C(6) or C(8)), 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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