Proceedings of the Japan Academy, Series B
Online ISSN : 1349-2896
Print ISSN : 0386-2208
ISSN-L : 0386-2208
Synthesis of Polyesters by Enzymatic Ring-Opening Copolymerization Using Lipase Catalyst
Hiroshi UYAMAKazuhiro TAKEYAShiro KOBAYASHI
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1993 Volume 69 Issue 8 Pages 203-207

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Enzymatic ring-opening copolymerization of lactones was carried out by using Pseudomonas fluorescens lipase in bulk. In the copolymerizaton of ε-caprolactone (ε-CL) and δ-valerolactone at 60°C for 10 days a copolymer with molecular weight of 3.7×103 was obtained and its structure was found to be of random structure having both units from 13C NMR anlaysis. Effects of the feed ratio, the reaction time and temperature on the copolymerization have been examined. The enzymatic copolymerization of ε-CL with other lactones and D-lactide also gave corresponding copolymers.

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