SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF POLYESTERS PRODUCED BY RHODOSPIRILLUM-RUBRUM FROM PENTENOIC ACID

Authors
BALLISTRERI A MONTAUDO G IMPALLOMENI G LENZ RW ULMER HW FULLER RC
Citation
A. Ballistreri et al., SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF POLYESTERS PRODUCED BY RHODOSPIRILLUM-RUBRUM FROM PENTENOIC ACID, Macromolecules, 28(10), 1995, pp. 3664-3671
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Polymer Sciences
Journal title
Macromolecules → ACNP
ISSN journal
00249297
Volume
28
Issue
10
Year of publication
1995
Pages
3664 - 3671
Database
ISI
SICI code
0024-9297(1995)28:10<3664:SACOPP>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
Two different terpolyesters were obtained by fermentation of Rhodospir illum rubrum fed either with 4-pentenoic acid alone or with an equimol ar mixture of 4-pentenoic and valeric acids. Sequence distributions of these two polyesters were determined by fast atom bombardment mass sp ectrometry (FAB-MS) of the oligomers prepared by partial methanolysis and separated by HPLC. The distributions in both polymers follow Berno ullian statistics, indicating that both are random terpolyesters.