Polymeric materials, natural and unnatural, are indispensable to the modern society. They
are widely used from everyday life usages as commodity materials to industry and …

Enzyme catalyzed reactions are green alternative approaches to functionalize polymers
compared to conventional methods. This technique is especially advantageous due to the …

Designing polymers and developing polymerization processes that are safe, prevent
pollution, and are more efficient in the use of materials and engergy is an important topic in …

The use of enzymes as catalysts for organic synthesis has become an increasingly attractive
alternative to conventional chemical catalysis. Enzymes offer several advantages including …

This paper gives an overview about enzyme catalysis, and reports the precision synthesis of
multifunctional poly (ethylene glycol) s using this green chemistry approach. Specifically …

The literature of green chemistry has undergone a dramatic increase in the new millennium.
Besides that, in ad hoc journals, papers of this type are published in journals of general …

Candida antarctica lipase B (CAL-B, Novozyme 435) catalyzes the transacylation of methyl
acrylate and methyl methacrylate with diols and triols in 2-methyl-2-butanol at 50° C. Under …

Functionalization of polyolefins, in particular polyisobutylene, remains a relatively
unexplored application for the Michael reaction. This work evaluates the potential of …

An overview of my 40-year career will be provided, spanning both industry and academe,
and two continents. During my industrial years at LANXESS (formerly the Rubber Division of …

Linear, multi‐functional polyisobutylene (PIB) macromers bearing pendent and terminal
(meth) acrylate moieties were prepared via electrophilic cleavage/alkylation of butyl rubber …