The invention provides polyhydroxyalkanoate having a bromo group in a unit and being thermally stable and capable of arbitrarily controlling physical properties, and a producing method thereof. According to the invention, there are provided a polyhydroxyalkanoate copolymer including a 3-hydroxy-ω-bromoalkanoic acid unit represented by a formula -[OCH((CH2)nBr)CH2C(O)]- (n=1 to 8) (1) and a unit represented by a formula - [OCH((CH2)mR)CH2C(O)]- (2) within a same molecule, and a method for producing a polyhydroxyalkanoate copolymer by microorganisms, utilizing a ω-bromoalkanoic acid represented by a formula Br(CH2)pCH2CH2COOH (p=1 to 8) (20) and a compound represented by a formula R(CH2)qCH2CH2COOH (21) as raw materials.
(In the formulae, R designates a residue selected from the group consisting of a phenyl structure, a thienyl structure and a cyclohexyl structure. m and q are integers selected from 1 to 8 respectively, provided it may be 0 when R designates the cyclohexyl structure. n and p designate integers within the ranges in the formulae respectively. These respective residues and integers in one unit are independent of respective one in another unit.)
本发明提供了一种在单元中含有
溴基、热稳定性好且能任意控制物理性质的聚羟基烷酸酯及其生产方法。根据本发明,提供了一种聚羟基烷酸酯共聚物,该共聚物包括由式-[OCH((
CH2)nBr) C(O)]- (n=1至8) (1)表示的3-羟基-ω-
溴代烷酸单元和由式-[OCH(( )mR) C(O)]- (2)表示的单元在同一分子内、以及利用式 Br( )p COOH (p=1 至 8)(20)代表的ω-
溴烷酸和式 R( )q COOH (21)代表的化合物作为原料,通过微
生物生产聚羟基烷酸共聚物的方法。
(在式中,R 表示从苯基结构、
噻吩基结构和环己基结构组成的组中选出的残基;m 和 q 分别为 1 至 8 中选出的整数,但当 R 表示环己基结构时,可为 0;n 和 p 分别为式中范围内的整数。一个单元中的这些残基和整数与另一个单元中的残基和整数无关。)