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Synthesis of novel polyurethane polyesters using the enzyme Candida antarctica lipase B
Richard W McCabe1, Alan Taylor
1Centre for Materials Science, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK PR1 2HE. rwmccabe@uclan.ac.uk
Chemical Communications (Cambridge, England)
|July 19, 2002
Abstract:
A novel enzymatic route has been used to synthesise standard and unusual polyester polyurethanes without employing the usual highly toxic isocyanate intermediates.