简介：Anovelpolymercontainingthesucrosegroupwassynthesizedbyradicalpolymerizationfromanenzymaticallypreparedmonomer,1′-O-vinyladipoyl-sucrose(VAS).TransesterificationreactionofsucrosewithdivinyladipateinanhydrouspyridinecatalyzedbyanalkalineproteasefromBacillussubtilisat60℃for7daysgaveVAS(yield55%)withoutanyblocking/deblockingsteps.ThevinylsucroseestercouldbepolymerizedwithpotassiumpersulfateandH2O2asinitiatortogivepoly(1′-O-vinyladipoyl-sucrose)withMn＝33,000andMw＝53,200,Mw/Mn＝1.61.Thepolymerwasbiodegradable.After6daysinaqueousbuffer(pH7),thisalkalineproteasecoulddegradepoly(1′-O-vinyladipoyl-sucrose)toMnofca.1080,Mw/Mn＝3.30(37℃),andMnofca.5200,Mw/Mn＝2.44(4℃).Thepolymercontainingthesucrosebranchwouldbeafunctionalmaterialinvariousapplicationfields.