Epoxidaion of Unsaturated Poly (3-hrdroxyalkanoate)s with m-Chloroperbenzoic Acid

  • Park, Won-Ho (Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, School of Polymer and Textile Design, Kumoh National University of Technology) ;
  • Robert W. Lenz (Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Massachusetts at Amherst) ;
  • Steve Goodwin (Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts at Amherst)
  • Published : 1998.04.01

Abstract

The production of unsaturated poly(3-hydroxyalkanoate)s, PHAs, by Pseudomonas oleovorans has been studied extensively in this laboratory$\^$1-3/, and recently a procedure has been developed for the quantitative conversion of the unsaturated groups to epoxide groups$^4$.(omitted)

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