Chemistry Letters, Vol.31, No.3, 402-403, 2002
Structural control in enzymatic oxidative polymerization of phenols with varying the solvent and substituent nature
Control of the coupling selectivity (regioseleetivity) in the horseradish peroxidase-catalyzed oxidative polymerization of 4-substituted phenols has been achieved by changing the hydrophobic parameters of the monomer substituent and organic solvent (pi and log P, respectively), yielding soluble polyphenols with a different ratio of phenylene/oxyphenylene units.