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EUROPEAN POLYMER JOURNAL
Volume 47, Issue 4, Pages 524-534Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2010.10.015
Keywords
Green chemistry; Enzymes; Poly(ethylene glycol); Functionalization; Dendrimer
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- National Science Foundation [DMR-509687, DMR-0804878, CHE-0341701, DMR-0414599]
- Ohio Board of Regents
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This paper gives an overview about enzyme catalysis, and reports the precision synthesis of multifunctional poly(ethylene glycol)s using this green chemistry approach. Specifically, vinyl acrylate was transesterified with tetraethylene glycol (TEG) and a PEG with DPn = 23, and then (HO)(2)-TEG-(OH)(2) and (HO)(2)-PEG-(OH)(2) were synthesized by the Michael addition of diethanolamine to the acrylate double bonds. These structures will serve as the core of novel dendrimers designed for drug delivery applications. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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