Enzyme-catalyzed polymerization of β-alanine esters, a sustainable route towards the formation of poly-β-alanine

Current Organic Chemistry

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 682-690

  Steunenberg, Peter ^a   Uiterweerd, Michiel ^a   Sijm, Maarten ^a   Scott, Elinor L ^a   Zuilhof, Han ^a,b   Sanders, Johan P M ^a   Franssen, Maurice C R ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Biobased; Biocatalysis; Clea; Enzymatic catalysis; Lipases; Novozyme 435; Nylon 3; Polyamides

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; CATALYSIS; CROSSLINKING; LIPASES; POLYMERIZATION;

BIO-BASED; BIOCATALYSIS; CLEA; DEGREES OF POLYMERIZATIONS; ENZYMATIC CATALYSIS; ENZYME-CATALYZED POLYMERIZATIONS; LIPASE-CATALYZED; NOVOZYME 435; NYLON 3; Β-ALANINE;

ESTERS;

EID: 84876697493     PISSN: 13852728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1385272811317070004     Document Type: Article

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