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JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART A-POLYMER CHEMISTRY
Volume 53, Issue 6, Pages 745-749Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/pola.27498
Keywords
aza-Michael addition; enzymatic polymerization; functionalization of polymers; hydrogels; polyesters
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- Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation
- NTU
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The utility of aza-Michael addition chemistry for post-polymerization functionalization of enzymatically prepared polyesters is established. For this, itaconate ester and oligo-ethylene glycol are selected as monomers. A Candida Antarctica lipase B catalyzed polycondensation reaction between the two monomers provides the polyesters, which carry an activated carbon-carbon double bond in the polymer backbone. These electron deficient alkenes represent suitable aza-Michael acceptors and can be engaged in a nucleophilic addition reaction with small molecular mono-amines (aza-Michael donors) to yield functionalized linear polyesters. Employing a poly-amine as the aza-Michael donor, on the other hand, results in the formation of hydrophilic polymer networks. (C) 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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