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Gaur S, Kaur M, Kalra R, Rene ER, Goel M. Application of microbial resources in biorefineries: Current trend and future prospects. Heliyon 2024; 10:e28615. [PMID: 38628756 PMCID: PMC11019186 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e28615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2023] [Revised: 03/21/2024] [Accepted: 03/21/2024] [Indexed: 04/19/2024] Open
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The recent growing interest in sustainable and alternative sources of energy and bio-based products has driven the paradigm shift to an integrated model termed "biorefinery." Biorefinery framework implements the concepts of novel eco-technologies and eco-efficient processes for the sustainable production of energy and value-added biomolecules. The utilization of microbial resources for the production of various value-added products has been documented in the literatures. However, the appointment of these microbial resources in integrated resource management requires a better understanding of their status. The main of aim of this review is to provide an overview on the defined positioning and overall contribution of the microbial resources, i.e., algae, fungi and bacteria, for various bioprocesses and generation of multiple products from a single biorefinery. By utilizing waste material as a feedstock, biofuels can be generated by microalgae while sequestering environmental carbon and producing value added compounds as by-products. In parallel, fungal biorefineries are prolific producers of lignocellulose degrading enzymes along with pharmaceutically important novel products. Conversely, bacterial biorefineries emerge as a preferred platform for the transformation of standard cells into proficient bio-factories, developing chassis and turbo cells for enhanced target compound production. This comprehensive review is poised to offer an intricate exploration of the current trends, obstacles, and prospective pathways of microbial biorefineries, for the development of future biorefineries.
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- Suchitra Gaur
- Sustainable Agriculture Program, The Energy and Resources Institute, TERI-Gram, Gurugram, 122001, Haryana, India
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- Sustainable Agriculture Program, The Energy and Resources Institute, TERI-Gram, Gurugram, 122001, Haryana, India
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- Sustainable Agriculture Program, The Energy and Resources Institute, TERI-Gram, Gurugram, 122001, Haryana, India
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- Department of Water Supply, Sanitation and Environmental Engineering, IHE Delft Institute for Water Education, Westvest 7, Delft, 2601DA, the Netherlands
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- Sustainable Agriculture Program, The Energy and Resources Institute, TERI-Gram, Gurugram, 122001, Haryana, India
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El-Malek FA, Steinbüchel A. Post-Synthetic Enzymatic and Chemical Modifications for Novel Sustainable Polyesters. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2022; 9:817023. [PMID: 35071219 PMCID: PMC8766639 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2021.817023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2021] [Accepted: 12/20/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Because of their biodegradability, compostability, compatibility and flexible structures, biodegradable polymers such as polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) are an important class of biopolymers with various industrial and biological uses. PHAs are thermoplastic polyesters with a limited processability due to their low heat resistance. Furthermore, due to their high crystallinity, some PHAs are stiff and brittle. These features result sometimes in very poor mechanical characteristics with low extension at break values which limit the application range of some natural PHAs. Several in vivo approaches for PHA copolymer modifications range from polymer production to enhance PHA-based material performance after synthesis. The methods for enzymatic and chemical polymer modifications are aiming at modifying the structures of the polyesters and thereby their characteristics while retaining the biodegradability. This survey illustrates the efficient use of enzymes and chemicals in post-synthetic PHA modifications, offering insights on these green techniques for modifying and improving polymer performance. Important studies in this sector will be reviewed, as well as chances and obstacles for their stability and hyper-production.
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- Fady Abd El-Malek
- International Center for Research on Innovative Biobased Materials (ICRI-BioM)-International Research Agenda, Lodz University of Technology, Lodz, Poland
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- International Center for Research on Innovative Biobased Materials (ICRI-BioM)-International Research Agenda, Lodz University of Technology, Lodz, Poland
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Mezzina MP, Manoli MT, Prieto MA, Nikel PI. Engineering Native and Synthetic Pathways in Pseudomonas putida for the Production of Tailored Polyhydroxyalkanoates. Biotechnol J 2020; 16:e2000165. [PMID: 33085217 DOI: 10.1002/biot.202000165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2020] [Revised: 10/16/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Growing environmental concern sparks renewed interest in the sustainable production of (bio)materials that can replace oil-derived goods. Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) are isotactic polymers that play a critical role in the central metabolism of producer bacteria, as they act as dynamic reservoirs of carbon and reducing equivalents. PHAs continue to attract industrial attention as a starting point toward renewable, biodegradable, biocompatible, and versatile thermoplastic and elastomeric materials. Pseudomonas species have been known for long as efficient biopolymer producers, especially for medium-chain-length PHAs. The surge of synthetic biology and metabolic engineering approaches in recent years offers the possibility of exploiting the untapped potential of Pseudomonas cell factories for the production of tailored PHAs. In this article, an overview of the metabolic and regulatory circuits that rule PHA accumulation in Pseudomonas putida is provided, and approaches leading to the biosynthesis of novel polymers (e.g., PHAs including nonbiological chemical elements in their structures) are discussed. The potential of novel PHAs to disrupt existing and future market segments is closer to realization than ever before. The review is concluded by pinpointing challenges that currently hinder the wide adoption of bio-based PHAs, and strategies toward programmable polymer biosynthesis from alternative substrates in engineered P. putida strains are proposed.
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- Mariela P Mezzina
- Systems Environmental Microbiology Group, The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs Lyngby, 2800, Denmark
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- Microbial and Plant Biotechnology Department, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas «Margarita Salas» (CIB-CSIC), Polymer Biotechnology Group, Madrid, 28040, Spain.,Spanish National Research Council (SusPlast-CSIC), Interdisciplinary Platform for Sustainable Plastics Toward a Circular Economy, Madrid, 28040, Spain
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- Microbial and Plant Biotechnology Department, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas «Margarita Salas» (CIB-CSIC), Polymer Biotechnology Group, Madrid, 28040, Spain.,Spanish National Research Council (SusPlast-CSIC), Interdisciplinary Platform for Sustainable Plastics Toward a Circular Economy, Madrid, 28040, Spain
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- Systems Environmental Microbiology Group, The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs Lyngby, 2800, Denmark
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Guzik M, Witko T, Steinbüchel A, Wojnarowska M, Sołtysik M, Wawak S. What Has Been Trending in the Research of Polyhydroxyalkanoates? A Systematic Review. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2020; 8:959. [PMID: 33014998 PMCID: PMC7513618 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2020.00959] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2020] [Accepted: 07/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Over the past decades, enormous progress has been achieved with regard to research on environmentally friendly polymers. One of the most prominent families of such biopolymers are bacterially synthesized polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) that have been known since the 1920s. However, only as recent as the 1990s have extensive studies sprung out exponentially in this matter. Since then, different areas of exploration of these intriguing materials have been uncovered. However, no systematic review of undertaken efforts has been conducted so far. Therefore, we have performed an unbiased search of up-to-date literature to reveal trending topics in the research of PHAs over the past three decades by data mining of 2,227 publications. This allowed us to identify eight past and current trends in this area. Our study provides a comprehensive review of these trends and speculates where PHA research is heading.
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- Maciej Guzik
- Jerzy Haber Institute of Catalysis and Surface Chemistry Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków, Poland
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- Jerzy Haber Institute of Catalysis and Surface Chemistry Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków, Poland
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- Institut für Molekulare Mikrobiologie und Biotechnologie, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Münster, Germany
- Environmental Sciences Department, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Product Technology and Ecology, Cracow University of Economics, Kraków, Poland
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- Department of Management Process, Cracow University of Economics, Kraków, Poland
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- Department of Management Process, Cracow University of Economics, Kraków, Poland
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Ishii-Hyakutake M, Mizuno S, Tsuge T. Biosynthesis and Characteristics of Aromatic Polyhydroxyalkanoates. Polymers (Basel) 2018; 10:polym10111267. [PMID: 30961192 PMCID: PMC6401900 DOI: 10.3390/polym10111267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2018] [Revised: 11/05/2018] [Accepted: 11/09/2018] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) are polyesters synthesized by bacteria as a carbon and energy storage material. PHAs are characterized by thermoplasticity, biodegradability, and biocompatibility, and thus have attracted considerable attention for use in medical, agricultural, and marine applications. The properties of PHAs depend on the monomer composition and many types of PHA monomers have been reported. This review focuses on biosynthesized PHAs bearing aromatic groups as side chains. Aromatic PHAs show characteristics different from those of aliphatic PHAs. This review summarizes the types of aromatic PHAs and their characteristics, including their thermal and mechanical properties and degradation behavior. Furthermore, the effect of the introduction of an aromatic monomer on the glass transition temperature (Tg) of PHAs is discussed. The introduction of aromatic monomers into PHA chains is a promising method for improving the properties of PHAs, as the characteristics of aromatic PHAs differ from those of aliphatic PHAs.
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- Manami Ishii-Hyakutake
- Bioplastic Research Team, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan.
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8501, Japan.
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8501, Japan.
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Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) are a family of polyesters synthesized by bacteria. Similarly to the genome, transcriptome, and proteome (the entire array of nucleic acids and proteins present in a cell or population of cells at a given time), the PHA spectrum exhibits diverse and dynamic modifications - the 'PHAome' - reflecting not only by the diversity of monomers, homopolymers, random and block copolymers, functional and graft polymers, molecular weights, and combinations of the above, but also the ranges of PHAs with various molecular weights and monomer ratios that are present at a particular timepoint in a bacterial cell. Echoing the Materials Genome Initiative (MGI) launched in 2011 to develop an infrastructure to accelerate advanced materials discovery and deployment, understanding the PHAome and ensuring an ample supply of PHAs based on it will promote the discovery of new properties and applications of this family of advanced materials.
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Anjum A, Zuber M, Zia KM, Noreen A, Anjum MN, Tabasum S. Microbial production of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) and its copolymers: A review of recent advancements. Int J Biol Macromol 2016; 89:161-74. [PMID: 27126172 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2016.04.069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 292] [Impact Index Per Article: 36.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2016] [Revised: 04/15/2016] [Accepted: 04/22/2016] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Traditional mineral oil based plastics are important commodity to enhance the comfort and quality of life but the accumulation of these plastics in the environment has become a major universal problem due to their low biodegradation. Solution to the plastic waste management includes incineration, recycling and landfill disposal methods. These processes are very time consuming and expensive. Biopolymers are important alternatives to the petroleum-based plastics due to environment friendly manufacturing processes, biodegradability and biocompatibility. Therefore use of novel biopolymers, such as polylactide, polysaccharides, aliphatic polyesters and polyhydroxyalkanoates is of interest. PHAs are biodegradable polyesters of hydroxyalkanoates (HA) produced from renewable resources by using microorganisms as intracellular carbon and energy storage compounds. Even though PHAs are promising candidate for biodegradable polymers, however, the production cost limit their application on an industrial scale. This article provides an overview of various substrates, microorganisms for the economical production of PHAs and its copolymers. Recent advances in PHAs to reduce the cost and to improve the performance of PHAs have also been discussed.
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- Anbreen Anjum
- Institute of Chemistry, Government College University, Faisalabad 38030, Pakistan
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- Institute of Chemistry, Government College University, Faisalabad 38030, Pakistan.
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- Institute of Chemistry, Government College University, Faisalabad 38030, Pakistan
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- Institute of Chemistry, Government College University, Faisalabad 38030, Pakistan
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- Institute of Chemistry, Government College University, Faisalabad 38030, Pakistan
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Chen Z, Cheng S, Li Z, Xu K, Chen GQ. Synthesis, Characterization and Cell Compatibility of Novel Poly(ester urethane)s Based on Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-4-hydroxybutyrate) and Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyhexanoate) Prepared by Melting Polymerization. JOURNAL OF BIOMATERIALS SCIENCE-POLYMER EDITION 2012; 20:1451-71. [DOI: 10.1163/092050609x12457419007621] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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- Zhifei Chen
- a Multidisciplinary Research Center, Shantou University, Shantou, Guangdong 515063, P. R. China
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- b Multidisciplinary Research Center, Shantou University, Shantou, Guangdong 515063, P. R. China
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- c Multidisciplinary Research Center, Shantou University, Shantou, Guangdong 515063, P. R. China
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- d Multidisciplinary Research Center, Shantou University, Shantou, Guangdong 515063, P. R. China
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- e Multidisciplinary Research Center, Shantou University, Shantou, Guangdong 515063, P. R. China
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Chansatein O, Urairong H, Rodtong S. Development of Cultivation Media for Polyhydroxyalkanoates Accumulation in Bacterial Cells Isolated from Cassava Pulp. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012. [DOI: 10.3923/rjbsci.2012.31.37] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Carpentier JF. Discrete Metal Catalysts for Stereoselective Ring-Opening Polymerization of Chiral Racemic β-Lactones. Macromol Rapid Commun 2010; 31:1696-705. [DOI: 10.1002/marc.201000114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 151] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Metabolism of fluoroorganic compounds in microorganisms: impacts for the environment and the production of fine chemicals. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2009; 84:617-29. [PMID: 19629474 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-009-2127-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2009] [Revised: 07/02/2009] [Accepted: 07/02/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Incorporation of fluorine into an organic compound can favourably alter its physicochemical properties with respect to biological activity, stability and lipophilicity. Accordingly, this element is found in many pharmaceutical and industrial chemicals. Organofluorine compounds are accepted as substrates by many enzymes, and the interactions of microorganisms with these compounds are of relevance to the environment and the fine chemicals industry. On the one hand, the microbial transformation of organofluorines can lead to the generation of toxic compounds that are of environmental concern, yet similar biotransformations can yield difficult-to-synthesise products and intermediates, in particular derivatives of biologically active secondary metabolites. In this paper, we review the historical and recent developments of organofluorine biotransformation in microorganisms and highlight the possibility of using microbes as models of fluorinated drug metabolism in mammals.
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Hany R, Brinkmann M, Ferri D, Hartmann R, Pletscher E, Rentsch D, Zinn M. Crystallization of an Aromatic Biopolyester. Macromolecules 2009. [DOI: 10.1021/ma900995w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Roland Hany
- Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research, Laboratory for Functional Polymers, Überlandstrasse 129, CH-8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Institut Charles Sadron CNRS − Université de Strasbourg, 23 rue du Loess, 67034 Strasbourg, France
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- Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research, Laboratory for Solid State Chemistry and Catalysis, Überlandstrasse 129, CH-8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research, Laboratory for Biomaterials, Lerchenfeldstrasse 5, CH-9014 St. Gallen, Switzerland
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- Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research, Laboratory for Biomaterials, Lerchenfeldstrasse 5, CH-9014 St. Gallen, Switzerland
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- Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research, Laboratory for Functional Polymers, Überlandstrasse 129, CH-8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research, Laboratory for Biomaterials, Lerchenfeldstrasse 5, CH-9014 St. Gallen, Switzerland
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Ajellal N, Thomas CM, Carpentier JF. Functional syndiotactic poly(β-hydroxyalkanoate)s via stereoselective ring-opening copolymerization of rac
-β-butyrolactone and rac
-allyl-β-butyrolactone. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009. [DOI: 10.1002/pola.23418] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Chen Z, Cheng S, Xu K. Block poly(ester-urethane)s based on poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-4-hydroxybutyrate) and poly(3-hydroxyhexanoate-co-3-hydroxyoctanoate). Biomaterials 2009; 30:2219-30. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2008.12.078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2008] [Accepted: 12/29/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Kramer JW, Coates GW. Fluorinated β-Lactones and Poly(β-hydroxyalkanoate)s: Synthesis via Epoxide Carbonylation and Ring-Opening Polymerization. Tetrahedron 2008; 64:6973-6978. [PMID: 19606203 DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2008.03.108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Efficient and mild reaction conditions were developed for the catalytic carbonylation of fluorinated epoxides to their corresponding β-lactones. Six new lactones with fluorinated side chains were prepared in high isolated yields. These lactones were polymerized to form a series of new poly(β-hydroxyalkanoate)s with fluorinated side chains, and their properties were examined with respect to their hydrocarbon analogs. Finally, copolymerizations were performed with fluorinated lactones and β-butyrolactone, which resulted in tapered copolymers rather than the expected random copolymers.
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- John W Kramer
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Baker Laboratory, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-1301
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