Plastic materials are, for the vast majority, of petrochemical origin, implying their non-renewability as their source is non renewable in nature. With the rising environmental awareness, governments and enterprises have invested in finding greener alternatives and increasing the renewable carbon content in commodity polymers[1]. A number of publications show that it is possible to produce monomer structures similar to their petrochemical analogues from bio-based renewable sources[2,3], with an expected growth of the bio based polymers market in the near future. This project aims to upgrading biologically originated molecules to low weigth units that could be employed in place of traditional monomers in radical and step-growth polymerization processes. Great relevance will be given to vinyl monomers, as those are inteded to be employed for atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) in the production of renewable, substituted poly(styrene) and poly(acrilates), as the technique requires mild reaction conditions and low catalyst loadings to operate, keeping the process in a renewable economy mindset and following the principles of green chemistry.
Innovative methodologies for the synthesis of biobased monomers and polymers / Porcelli, Nicola; Roncaglia, Fabrizio. - (2022). (Intervento presentato al convegno XXI Giornata della Chimica dell’Emilia Romagna 2022 (GdC-ER 2022) tenutosi a Bologna nel 19 Dicembre 2022).
Innovative methodologies for the synthesis of biobased monomers and polymers
Nicola Porcelli
;Fabrizio Roncaglia
2022
Abstract
Plastic materials are, for the vast majority, of petrochemical origin, implying their non-renewability as their source is non renewable in nature. With the rising environmental awareness, governments and enterprises have invested in finding greener alternatives and increasing the renewable carbon content in commodity polymers[1]. A number of publications show that it is possible to produce monomer structures similar to their petrochemical analogues from bio-based renewable sources[2,3], with an expected growth of the bio based polymers market in the near future. This project aims to upgrading biologically originated molecules to low weigth units that could be employed in place of traditional monomers in radical and step-growth polymerization processes. Great relevance will be given to vinyl monomers, as those are inteded to be employed for atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) in the production of renewable, substituted poly(styrene) and poly(acrilates), as the technique requires mild reaction conditions and low catalyst loadings to operate, keeping the process in a renewable economy mindset and following the principles of green chemistry.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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