Enzymes in polymer chemistry, 8 Chemoenzymatic synthesis of polymerizable 11‐methacryloyl‐aminoundecanoic ester of 1‐ and 3‐O‐methyl‐α‐ D ‐glucose in 6‐O‐position

The paper describes the regioselective esterification of a glucopyranoside and glucose derivative with 11‐methacryloylaminoundecanoic acid in the presence of a lipase from Candida antarctica. The obtained modified sugar derivatives 6‐O‐(11‐methacryloylaminoundecanoyl)‐1‐O‐methyl‐α‐D‐glucopyranoside (3 a) and 6‐O‐(11‐methacryloylaminoundecanoyl)‐3‐O‐methyl‐α‐D‐glucopyranose (3 b) were polymerized radically with AIBN as initiator.