S. Spinella, M. Ganesh, G. Lo Re, S. Zhang, J.-M. Raquez, P. Dubois and R. A. Gross
Green Chem., 2015,17, 4146-4150
DOI:
10.1039/C5GC00992H,
Communication
This paper demonstrated the feasibility of conducting an enzymatic ring-opening polymerisation by reactive extrusion (REX) at high shear and temperature conditions. Using immobilized Candida antarctica Lipase B (CALB) as catalyst at temperatures ranging from 90 to 130 °C, ω-pentadecalactone (PDL) was converted (>99%) by REX at 60 RPM for 15 min to PPDL with ≥Mw 163 000 g mol−1.
