First facile synthesis of biomimetic poly-(R)-3-hydroxybutyrate via regioselective anionic polymerization of (S)-β-butyrolactone

Macromolecules

Volumn 31, Issue 19, 1998, Pages 6718-6720

  Jedliński, Zbigniew ^a   Kurcok, Piotr ^a   Lenz, Robert W ^b  

^a CENTRE OF POLYMER AND CARBON MATERIALS   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIONIC POLYMERIZATION; CROWN ETHERS; INITIATORS (CHEMICAL); MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION; OLIGOMERS; POLYCONDENSATION; RING OPENING POLYMERIZATION; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

BUTYROLACTONE; POLYHYDROXYBUTYRATE;

BIOPOLYMERS;

EID: 0032167154     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma980663p     Document Type: Article

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