Enzymatic Ring-Opening Polymerization of Lactide

Ratio of weight- to number-average molecular weight. 

Fujioka et al. [100] conducted the ring-opening polymerization of L-lactide by using immobilized lipase Candida Antarctica (Novozym 435) as a catalyst at a 

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Polyester syntheses have been achieved by enzymatic ring-opening polymerization of lactide and lactones with various ring-sizes. Here, we focus not only on these cyclic esters but also other cyclic monomers for lipase-catalyzed ringopening polymerizations. Figure 8 summarizes cyclic monomers for providing polyesters via lipase catalysis. 

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