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Abbreviations

β-BL:

β-Butyrolactone

γ-BL:

γ-Butyrolactone

3-HB:

3-Hydroxybutyrate

3-HV:

3-Hydroxyvaleriate

AACS:

Acetoacetyl-CoA synthetase

ADP:

Adenosine diphosphate

AMP:

Adenosine monophosphate

ATP:

Adenosine triphosphate

ATR:

Attenuated total reflection

Bdh1:

3-Hydroxybutyric acid dehydrogenase

BDI:

2-[(2,6-Dialkylphenyl)amido]-4-[(2,6-dialkylphenyl)imino]-2-pentene

BINAP:

2,2′-Bis(diphenylphosphino)-1,1′-binaphtyl

DFT:

Density functional theory

DSC:

Differential scanning calorimetry

ee:

Enantiomeric excess

FAD:

Flavin adenine dinucleotide (oxidized species)

FADH2 :

Flavin adenine dinucleotide (reduced species)

HDPE:

High density poly(ethylene)

HPPO:

Hydrogen peroxide to propylene oxide

LA:

Lewis acid

LDPE:

Low density poly(ethylene)

M n :

Number-average molecular weight

M w :

Weight-average molecular weight

NAD+ :

Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (oxidized species)

NADH:

Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (reduced species)

NMR:

Nuclear magnetic resonance

PBS:

Poly(butylene succinate)

PC:

Poly(carbonate)

PD:

Polydispersity

PE:

Poly(ethylene)

PET:

Poly(ethyleneterephtalate)

PHA:

Poly(3-hydroxyalkanoate)

PhaZ:

Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) depolymerase

PhaZc:

Hydroxybutyrate-dimer hydrolase

PHB:

Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate)

PhbA:

β-Ketothiolase

PhbB:

Acetoacetyl-CoA reductase

PhbC:

Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) synthase

PLA:

Poly(lactic acid)

PO:

Propylene oxide

PP:

Poly(propylene)

PS:

Polystyrene

ROP:

Ring opening polymerization

THF:

Tetrahydrofuran

TIBAO:

Tetraisobutyldialuminoxane

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Acknowledgement

Special thanks to Urs J. Haenggi (Biomer) for information about biotechnological PHB synthesis and literature on stereocomplex formation of poly(lactide). We are also grateful to Dr. Carly Anderson and Dr. Sergei Vagin for their help with this article, as well as Benedikt Simon Soller and Simon Meister for their extensive help with the literature research.

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Reichardt, R., Rieger, B. (2011). Poly(3-Hydroxybutyrate) from Carbon Monoxide. In: Rieger, B., Künkel, A., Coates, G., Reichardt, R., Dinjus, E., Zevaco, T. (eds) Synthetic Biodegradable Polymers. Advances in Polymer Science, vol 245. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/12_2011_127

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