Poly-3-hydroxybutyrate (the weight average molecular weight Mw 840 kDa; polydispersity 2.70) was synthesized in Siberian Federal University according to previously described technology [31 (link)]. The following reagents were used: N,N-dimethylformamide for synthesis from Roth, Germany; reagent grade 1,4-dioxane, ACS grade isopropyl alcohol and purified chloroform from ECOS-1, Russia; 1,4-diaminobutane (98+% purity) from Alfa Aesar, Kandel, Germany; ethylene-1,2-diamine for synthesis and monoethanolamine for synthesis from Merck, Darmstadt, Germany.
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