Environmentally benign synthesis of saturated and unsaturated aliphatic polyesters via enzymatic polymerization of biobased monomers derived from renewable resources

Aliphatic polyesters are of great interest due to their broad potential applications and sustainability. Itaconate-based aliphatic polyesters are even more appealing in biomedical and pharmaceutical fields, as they are renewable functional polymers that can be biodegradable, biocompatible, and photo...

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Published in:Polymer Chemistry
Main Authors: Jiang, Yi, Woortman, Albert J. J., van Ekenstein, Gert O. R. Alberda, Loos, Katja
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2015
Subjects:
LIPASE-CATALYZED SYNTHESIS
CANDIDA-ANTARCTICA
POLY(BUTYLENE SUCCINATE)
ITACONIC ANHYDRIDE
CROSS-LINKING
ACID
POLYMERS
CHAIN
CHEMISTRY
COPOLYMERIZATION
Antarc*
Antarctica
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/11370/6f05f87d-b0b1-4e13-ba47-1cb95c43bf14
https://research.rug.nl/en/publications/6f05f87d-b0b1-4e13-ba47-1cb95c43bf14
https://doi.org/10.1039/c5py00660k
https://pure.rug.nl/ws/files/83661703/Environmentally_benign_synthesis_of_saturated_and_unsaturated_aliphatic_polyesters.pdf
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Summary:Aliphatic polyesters are of great interest due to their broad potential applications and sustainability. Itaconate-based aliphatic polyesters are even more appealing in biomedical and pharmaceutical fields, as they are renewable functional polymers that can be biodegradable, biocompatible, and photo-curable, and might be bioresorbable. Herein, various biobased saturated aliphatic polyesters and itaconate-based un-saturated aliphatic polyesters are successfully produced via Candida antarctica Lipase B (CALB)-catalyzed polycondensation of (potentially) biobased dimethyl itaconate, 1,4-butanediol and various diacid ethyl esters, using a two-stage method in diphenyl ether. The synthetic aliphatic polyesters reach high (M-w) over bar (weight average molecular weight) values up to 94 kg mol(-1). Studies on the effect of diacid ethyl esters on the enzymatic polymerization reveal that CALB prefers diacid ethyl esters having a chain length of more than 2 (n > 2, n is the number of methylene groups between the two carbonyl groups); and CALB shows the highest specificity for diethyl adipate among the tested diacid ethyl esters (n = 2-10). Moreover, the structure-property relationships are discussed by investigating the chemical structures, crystalline properties and thermal properties of the obtained aliphatic polyesters, as well as, the thermal transitions and mechanical properties of the UV cross-linked unsaturated polyesters.

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