Recent developments in enzyme-catalyzed ring-opening polymerization

Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1077-1093

  Albertsson, Ann Christine ^a   Srivastava, Rajiv K ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aliphatic polycarbonates; Aliphatic polyester; Catalysis; Lactide; Lactone; Lipase; Molecular weight

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MONOMERS; POLYCARBONATES; POLYESTERS; RECYCLING; RING OPENING POLYMERIZATION;

ALIPHATIC POLYCARBONATES; ALIPHATIC POLYESTERS; LACTIDE; LACTONE;

ENZYME KINETICS;

1,3 DIOXAN 2 ONE; 1,4 DIOXAN 2 ONE; 1,5 DIOXEPAN 2 ONE; 11 UNDECANOLIDE; 12 DODECANOLIDE; 15 PENTADECANOLIDE; 5 METHYL 5 BENZYLOXYCARBONYL 1,3 DIOXANE 2 ONE; 6 METHYLMORPHOLINE 2,5 DIONE; 8 OCTANOLIDE; ALIPHATIC COMPOUND; BETA BUTYROLACTONE; BIOMATERIAL; CARBONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; DELTA VALEROLACTONE; DEPSIPEPTIDE; ENZYME; EPSILON CAPROLACTONE; GAMMA BUTYROLACTONE; GAMMA VALEROLACTONE; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENT; LACTONE; MACROLIDE; MONOMER; POLYESTER; POLYGLACTIN; POLYMER; PROPIOLACTONE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; TRIMETHYLENE CARBONIC ACID; UNINDEXED DRUG;

CATALYST; COST; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; ENZYME DEGRADATION; ENZYME MECHANISM; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RING OPENING; STEREOCHEMISTRY; TECHNIQUE;

CARBONATES; CATALYSIS; DEPSIPEPTIDES; LACTONES; LIPASE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MORPHOLINES; POLYMERS;

EID: 43649093130     PISSN: 0169409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2008.02.007     Document Type: Review

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