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JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART A-POLYMER CHEMISTRY
Volume 39, Issue 10, Pages 1601-1609Publisher
JOHN WILEY & SONS INC
DOI: 10.1002/pola.1137
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lipase; polycondensation; polyester; renewable resources
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Long-chain, symmetrically unsaturated alpha,omega -dicarboxylic acid methyl esters (C-18, C-20, C-26) were obtained by the catalytic metathetical condensation of 9-decenoic, 10-undecenoic, and 13-tetradecenoic acid methyl esters, respectively, with the homogeneous Grubbs catalyst bis(tricyclohexyl phosphine) benzylidene ruthenium dichloride dissolved in methylene chloride. The dicarboxylic acid esters were epoxidized chemoenzymatically with H2O2/methyl acetate with Novozym 435 (R), an immobilized lipase B from Candida antarctica. Polyesters from symmetrically unsaturated or epoxidized alpha,omega -dicarboxylic acid methyl esters with 1,3-propanediol or 1,4-butanediol, respectively, were achieved by enzymatic polycondensation with the same biocatalyst applied. With 1,3-propanediol as a substrate, the linear unsaturated and epoxidized polyesters had molecular weights of 1950-3300 g/mol and melting points of 47-75 degreesC, whereas with 1,4-butanediol as a substrate, the resulting polyesters showed higher molecular weights, 7900-11,600 g/mol, with similar melting points of 55-74 degreesC. (C) 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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