Recent Developments in Lipase‐Catalyzed Synthesis of Polyesters
- 6 February 2009
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wiley in Macromolecular Rapid Communications
- Vol. 30 (4-5), 237-266
- https://doi.org/10.1002/marc.200800690
Abstract
Polyester synthesis by lipase catalyst involves two major polymerization modes: i) ring-opening polymerization of lactones, and, ii) polycondensation. Ring-opening polymerization includes the finding of lipase catalyst; scope of reactions; polymerization mechanism; ring-opening polymerization reactivity of lactones; enantio-, chemo- and regio-selective polymerizations; and, chemoenzymatic polymerizations. Polycondensation includes polymerizations involving condensation reactions between carboxylic acid and alcohol functional groups to form an ester bond. In most cases, a carboxylic acid group is activated as an ester form, such as a vinyl ester. Many recently developed polymerizations demonstrate lipase catalysis specific to enzymatic polymerization and appear very useful. Also, since lipase-catalyzed polyester synthesis provides a good opportunity for conducting “green polymer chemistry”, the importance of this is describedKeywords
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