Title
Green Polymer Chemistry: Telechelic Poly(Ethylene Glycol)S via Enzymatic Catalysis
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-1-2008
Abstract
This article reports our discovery that poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) can quantitatively be functionalized by transesterification using Candida antarctica lipase B (Novozyme 435) as the catalyst. α-ω telechelic PEG-methacrylates and PEG-acetates were successfully prepared using commercially available PEGs with both narrow and broad molecular weight distribution. 1H and 13C NMR together with MALDI-TOF mass spectroscopy verified the expected structures. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 46: 3024–3028, 2008
Publication Title
Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry
Volume
46
Issue
9
First Page
3024
Last Page
3028
Recommended Citation
Puskas, Judit; Sen, Mustafa Y.; and Kasper, Joseph R., "Green Polymer Chemistry: Telechelic Poly(Ethylene Glycol)S via Enzymatic Catalysis" (2008). Chemical, Biomolecular, and Corrosion Engineering Faculty Research. 510.
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