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A simple enzymatic procedure for the synthesis of a hydroxylated polyester from glycerol and adipic acid

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Lipase B from Candida antarctica catalyzed regioselectively the polyesterification of glycerol and adipic acid. UV-MALDI-TOF-MS analysis of the polymers shows low molecular weight polyesters (1314-1716) with very narrow polydispersities (1.0–1.2).

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  1. Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Pabellón 2, 3°, Ciudad Universitaria, 1428, Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Luis E. Iglesias, Rosa Erra-Balsells & Alicia Baldessari

  2. Plant Biophysics/Biochemistry Research Laboratory, College of Agriculture, Ehime University, 3-5-7 Tarumi, Matsuyama, 790-8566, Japan

    Yuko Fukuyama & Hiroshi Nonami

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Iglesias, L.E., Fukuyama, Y., Nonami, H. et al. A simple enzymatic procedure for the synthesis of a hydroxylated polyester from glycerol and adipic acid. Biotechnology Techniques 13, 923–926 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008958212814

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