TY - JOUR
T1 - Perspectives for synthesis and production of polyurethanes and related polymers by enzymes directed toward green and sustainable chemistry
AU - Matsumura, Shuichi
AU - Soeda, Yasuyuki
AU - Toshima, Kazunobu
N1 - Funding Information:
(Novozym 435) was kindly supplied by Novozymes Japan Ltd. (Chiba, Japan). This work was partially supported by a Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research and by a Grant-in-Aid for the 21st Century COE Program “KEIO LCC” from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology, Japan.
PY - 2006/3
Y1 - 2006/3
N2 - Enzyme-catalyzed polymerization and degradation will play an important role in both the synthesis and chemical recycling of green and sustainable polyurethane. This minireview covers the new synthetic routes to polyurethane without using diisocyanate, the biodegradation of polyurethane, and the enzymatic synthesis and the chemical recycling of poly(ester-urethane) (PEU) and poly (carbonate-urethane) (PCU). The lipase-catalyzed polymerization of low molecular weight and biodegradable urethanediols with short-chain dialkyl carbonate and alkanedioates produced PCU and PEU, respectively. They were readily degraded in an organic solvent into the repolymerizable cyclic oligomers by lipase as a novel chemical recycling. These results will be applicable for the production strategies of green and sustainable polyurethanes.
AB - Enzyme-catalyzed polymerization and degradation will play an important role in both the synthesis and chemical recycling of green and sustainable polyurethane. This minireview covers the new synthetic routes to polyurethane without using diisocyanate, the biodegradation of polyurethane, and the enzymatic synthesis and the chemical recycling of poly(ester-urethane) (PEU) and poly (carbonate-urethane) (PCU). The lipase-catalyzed polymerization of low molecular weight and biodegradable urethanediols with short-chain dialkyl carbonate and alkanedioates produced PCU and PEU, respectively. They were readily degraded in an organic solvent into the repolymerizable cyclic oligomers by lipase as a novel chemical recycling. These results will be applicable for the production strategies of green and sustainable polyurethanes.
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U2 - 10.1007/s00253-005-0269-2
DO - 10.1007/s00253-005-0269-2
M3 - Short survey
C2 - 16421718
AN - SCOPUS:32544458628
SN - 0175-7598
VL - 70
SP - 12
EP - 20
JO - Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
JF - Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
IS - 1
ER -