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Soluble polyphenol
Author(s) -
Oguchi Takahisa,
Tawaki Shinichiro,
Uyama Hiroshi,
Kobayashi Shiro
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
macromolecular rapid communications
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.348
H-Index - 154
eISSN - 1521-3927
pISSN - 1022-1336
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1521-3927(19990701)20:7<401::aid-marc401>3.0.co;2-6
Subject(s) - polymer , oxidizing agent , solvent , polymerization , dimethylformamide , solubility , chemistry , hydrogen peroxide , phenol , catalysis , thermal stability , polyphenol , organic chemistry , polymer chemistry , antioxidant
Soluble polyphenol was synthesized for the first time by enzymatic oxidative polymerization of phenol using peroxidase and hydrogen peroxide as catalyst and oxidizing agent, respectively. A mixed solvent of alcohol and buffer improved the polymer solubility toward N , N ‐dimethylformamide (DMF). The resulting polymer was composed of a mixture of phenylene and oxyphenylene units. Changing the solvent composition could control the molecular weight and regioselectivity of the polymer. The polymer was found to possess relatively high thermal stability.