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Enzyme-catalyzed polymerization: an opportunity for innovation
- Source :
- Designed Monomers and Polymers. 1:259-284
- Publication Year :
- 1998
- Publisher :
- Informa UK Limited, 1998.
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Abstract
- —The application of enzymes in organic synthesis has attracted the attention of many research workers in recent years. Specific enzymatic catalysis is expected to synthesize polymers with high selectivity and/or novel structures. Up to now, the enzymatic synthesis of polyphenols, cellulose, lignin, and polypeptides, as well as non-natural polymers, has been successfully achieved. This review discusses the systematic synthesis of polyphenols using horseradish peroxidase-hydrogen peroxide (HRP-H2O2), the ring-opening polymerization of lactones using the enzyme lipase, and the successful synthesis of cellulose using the enzyme cellulase. The polyphenols enzymatically synthesized have been explored as substitutes of phenol-formaldehyde resins to eliminate the pollution caused by formaldehyde in the environment. Due to their unique π-conjugation nature, these polymers have potential applications in nonlinear optics and in the fabrication of light-emitting diodes. The enzymatic polymerizations using lipase have...
- Subjects :
- chemistry.chemical_classification
Polymers and Plastics
biology
General Chemical Engineering
technology, industry, and agriculture
food and beverages
General Chemistry
Polymer
Cellulase
Enzyme catalysis
chemistry.chemical_compound
Polymerization
chemistry
Materials Chemistry
biology.protein
Lignin
Organic chemistry
Organic synthesis
Lipase
Cellulose
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15685551
- Volume :
- 1
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Designed Monomers and Polymers
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........51eac2dc874be795235dba5efeb39cd9