Lipase-Catalyzed Hydrolytic Degradation of Polyurethane in Organic Solvent

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Authors

Hitoshi Shirasaka · Hokushin General Hospital

Abstract

Abstract Hydrolytic degradation of polyurethane has been achieved using lipase as catalyst. The degradation of polyurethane containing an aliphatic polyester chain as soft segment rapidly took place in the presence of Candida antarctica lipase in toluene at 60 °C to give oligomers with molecular weight less than 500.

Topics & Keywords

Enzyme-mediated dye degradation Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Life below water

Publication Details

Published in: Chemistry Letters

Volume 30, Issue 6, pp. 492-493

DOI: 10.1246/cl.2001.492

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