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Hayes G, Laurel M, MacKinnon D, Zhao T, Houck HA, Becer CR. Polymers without Petrochemicals: Sustainable Routes to Conventional Monomers. Chem Rev 2023; 123:2609-2734. [PMID: 36227737 PMCID: PMC9999446 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.2c00354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Abstract
Access to a wide range of plastic materials has been rationalized by the increased demand from growing populations and the development of high-throughput production systems. Plastic materials at low costs with reliable properties have been utilized in many everyday products. Multibillion-dollar companies are established around these plastic materials, and each polymer takes years to optimize, secure intellectual property, comply with the regulatory bodies such as the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals and the Environmental Protection Agency and develop consumer confidence. Therefore, developing a fully sustainable new plastic material with even a slightly different chemical structure is a costly and long process. Hence, the production of the common plastic materials with exactly the same chemical structures that does not require any new registration processes better reflects the reality of how to address the critical future of sustainable plastics. In this review, we have highlighted the very recent examples on the synthesis of common monomers using chemicals from sustainable feedstocks that can be used as a like-for-like substitute to prepare conventional petrochemical-free thermoplastics.
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- Graham Hayes
- Department
of Chemistry, University of Warwick, CV4 7ALCoventry, United Kingdom
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Warwick, CV4 7ALCoventry, United Kingdom
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Warwick, CV4 7ALCoventry, United Kingdom
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Warwick, CV4 7ALCoventry, United Kingdom
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Warwick, CV4 7ALCoventry, United Kingdom
- Institute
of Advanced Study, University of Warwick, CV4 7ALCoventry, United Kingdom
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Warwick, CV4 7ALCoventry, United Kingdom
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Wang Z, Debuigne A. Radical Polymerization of Methylene Heterocyclic Compounds: Functional Polymer Synthesis and Applications. POLYM REV 2023. [DOI: 10.1080/15583724.2023.2181819] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/24/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Zhuoqun Wang
- Center for Education and Research on Macromolecules (CERM), CESAM Research Unit, Chemistry Department, University of Liege, Liege, Belgium
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- Center for Education and Research on Macromolecules (CERM), CESAM Research Unit, Chemistry Department, University of Liege, Liege, Belgium
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Initiated Chemical Vapor Deposition (iCVD) of Bio-Based Poly(tulipalin A) Coatings: Structure and Material Properties. Polymers (Basel) 2022; 14:polym14193993. [PMID: 36235940 PMCID: PMC9572868 DOI: 10.3390/polym14193993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2022] [Revised: 09/18/2022] [Accepted: 09/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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A solvent-free route of initiated chemical vapor deposition (iCVD) was used to synthesize a bio-renewable poly(α-Methylene-γ-butyrolactone) (PMBL) polymer. α-MBL, also known as tulipalin A, is a bio-based monomer that can be a sustainable alternative to produce polymer coatings with interesting material properties. The produced polymers were deposited as thin films on three different types of substrates—polycarbonate (PC) sheets, microscopic glass, and silicon wafers—and characterized via an array of characterization techniques, including Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR), proton nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1H NMR), ultraviolet visible spectroscopy (UV–vis), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), size-exclusion chromatography (SEC), and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). Optically transparent thin films and coatings of PMBL were found to have high thermal stability up to 310 °C. The resulting PMBL films also displayed good optical characteristics, and a high glass transition temperature (Tg~164 °C), higher than the Tg of its structurally resembling fossil-based linear analogue-poly(methyl methacrylate). The effect of monomer partial pressure to monomer saturation vapor pressure (Pm/Psat) on the deposition rate was investigated in this study. Both the deposition rate and molar masses increased linearly with Pm/Psat following the normal iCVD mechanism and kinetics that have been reported in literature.
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Zhang ZH, Wang X, Weng B, Zhang Y, Zhang G, Hong M. Zinc-Mediated Allylation-Lactonization One-Pot Reaction to Methylene Butyrolactones: Renewable Monomers for Sustainable Acrylic Polymers with Closed-Loop Recyclability. ACS POLYMERS AU 2022; 2:266-274. [PMID: 36855566 PMCID: PMC9955236 DOI: 10.1021/acspolymersau.2c00001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Despite biomass-derived methylene butyrolactone monomers having great potential in substituting the petroleum-based methacrylates for synthesizing the sustainable acrylic polymers, the possible industrial production of these cyclic monomers is unfortunately not practical due to moderate overall yields and harsh reaction conditions or a time-consuming multistep process. Here we report a convenient and effective synthetic approach to a series of biomass-derived methylene butyrolactone monomers via a zinc-mediated allylation-lactonization one-pot reaction of biorenewable aldehydes with ethyl 2-(bromomethyl)acrylate. Under simple room-temperature sonication conditions, near-quantitative conversions (>90%) can be accomplished within 5-30 min, providing pure products with high isolated yields of 70-80%. Their efficient polymerizations with a high degree of control and complete chemoselectivity were enabled by the judiciously chosen Lewis pair catalyst based on methylaluminum bis(2,6-di-tert-butyl-4-methylphenoxide) [MeAl(BHT)2] Lewis acid and 3-diisopropyl-4,5-dimethylimidazol-2-ylidene (I i Pr) Lewis base, affording new poly(methylene butyrolactone)s with high thermal stability and thermal properties tuned in a wide range as well as pendant vinyl groups for postfunctionalization. Through the development of an effective depolymerization setup (370-390 °C, ca. 100 mTorr, 1 h, a muffle furnace), thermal depolymerizations of these polymers have been achieved with monomer recovery up to 99.8%, thus successfully constructing sustainable acrylic polymers with closed-loop recyclability.
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- Zhen-Hua Zhang
- State
Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of
Organic Chemistry, University of Chinese
Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of
Organic Chemistry, University of Chinese
Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of
Organic Chemistry, University of Chinese
Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of
Organic Chemistry, University of Chinese
Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of
Organic Chemistry, University of Chinese
Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of
Organic Chemistry, University of Chinese
Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, China,School
of Chemistry and Material Sciences, Hangzhou Institute for Advanced
Study, University of Chinese Academy of
Sciences, 1 Sub-lane Xiangshan, Hangzhou 310024, China,
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Thangamalar S, Thangamani M, Srinivasan K. The Cloke-Wilson rearrangement of aroyl-substituted donor-acceptor cylopropanes containing arylethyl donors. Org Biomol Chem 2022; 20:3145-3153. [PMID: 35343561 DOI: 10.1039/d2ob00292b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The chemistry of donor-acceptor (D-A) cyclopropanes containing alkyl donors has been scantily investigated. In the present work, we have synthesized new D-A cyclopropanes containing arylethyl donors and explored their reactivity in the presence of Lewis acids. Upon treatment with SnCl4, these cyclopropanes underwent the Cloke-Wilson rearrangement to yield 3,4,5-trisubstituted γ-butyrolactones in good yields with high diastereoselectivity.
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- School of Chemistry, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli-620024, Tamil Nadu, India.
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- School of Chemistry, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli-620024, Tamil Nadu, India.
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Fouilloux H, Thomas CM. Production and Polymerization of Biobased Acrylates and Analogs. Macromol Rapid Commun 2021; 42:e2000530. [DOI: 10.1002/marc.202000530] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2020] [Revised: 11/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Hugo Fouilloux
- PSL University Chimie ParisTech CNRS Institut de Recherche de Chimie Paris Paris 75005 France
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- PSL University Chimie ParisTech CNRS Institut de Recherche de Chimie Paris Paris 75005 France
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Nishida T, Satoh K, Kamigaito M. Biobased Polymers via Radical Homopolymerization and Copolymerization of a Series of Terpenoid-Derived Conjugated Dienes with exo-Methylene and 6-Membered Ring. Molecules 2020; 25:E5890. [PMID: 33322773 PMCID: PMC7763260 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25245890] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2020] [Revised: 12/07/2020] [Accepted: 12/09/2020] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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A series of exo-methylene 6-membered ring conjugated dienes, which are directly or indirectly obtained from terpenoids, such as β-phellandrene, carvone, piperitone, and verbenone, were radically polymerized. Although their radical homopolymerizations were very slow, radical copolymerizations proceeded well with various common vinyl monomers, such as methyl acrylate (MA), acrylonitrile (AN), methyl methacrylate (MMA), and styrene (St), resulting in copolymers with comparable incorporation ratios of bio-based cyclic conjugated monomer units ranging from 40 to 60 mol% at a 1:1 feed ratio. The monomer reactivity ratios when using AN as a comonomer were close to 0, whereas those with St were approximately 0.5 to 1, indicating that these diene monomers can be considered electron-rich monomers. Reversible addition fragmentation chain-transfer (RAFT) copolymerizations with MA, AN, MMA, and St were all successful when using S-cumyl-S'-butyl trithiocarbonate (CBTC) as the RAFT agent resulting in copolymers with controlled molecular weights. The copolymers obtained with AN, MMA, or St showed glass transition temperatures (Tg) similar to those of common vinyl polymers (Tg ~ 100 °C), indicating that biobased cyclic structures were successfully incorporated into commodity polymers without losing good thermal properties.
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- Takenori Nishida
- Department of Molecular and Macromolecular Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan; (T.N.); (K.S.)
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- Department of Molecular and Macromolecular Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan; (T.N.); (K.S.)
- Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, School of Materials and Chemical Technology, 2-12-1-H120 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8550, Japan
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- Department of Molecular and Macromolecular Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan; (T.N.); (K.S.)
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Scholten PBV, Moatsou D, Detrembleur C, Meier MAR. Progress Toward Sustainable Reversible Deactivation Radical Polymerization. Macromol Rapid Commun 2020; 41:e2000266. [PMID: 32686239 DOI: 10.1002/marc.202000266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2020] [Revised: 06/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
Abstract
The recent focus of media and governments on renewability, green chemistry, and circular economy has led to a surge in the synthesis of renewable monomers and polymers. In this review, focussing on renewable monomers for reversible deactivation radical polymerizations (RDRP), it is highlighted that for the majority of the monomers and polymers reported, the claim to renewability is not always accurate. By closely examining the sustainability of synthetic routes and the renewability of starting materials, fully renewable monomers are identified and discussed in terms of sustainability, polymerization behavior, and properties obtained after polymerization. The holistic discussion considering the overall preparation process of polymers, that is, monomer syntheses, origin of starting materials, solvents used, the type of RDRP technique utilized, and the purification method, allows to highlight certain topics which need to be addressed in order to progress toward not only (partially) renewable, but sustainable monomers and polymers using RDRPs.
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- Philip B V Scholten
- Center for Education and Research on Macromolecules, CESAM Research Unit, Department of Chemistry, University of Liege, Sart-Tilman B6a, Liege, 4000, Belgium.,Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute of Organic Chemistry, Materialwissenschaftliches Zentrum MZE, Straße am Forum 7, Karlsruhe, 76131, Germany
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute of Organic Chemistry, Materialwissenschaftliches Zentrum MZE, Straße am Forum 7, Karlsruhe, 76131, Germany
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- Center for Education and Research on Macromolecules, CESAM Research Unit, Department of Chemistry, University of Liege, Sart-Tilman B6a, Liege, 4000, Belgium
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute of Organic Chemistry, Materialwissenschaftliches Zentrum MZE, Straße am Forum 7, Karlsruhe, 76131, Germany.,Laboratory of Applied Chemistry, Institute of Toxicology and Genetics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, 76344, Germany
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Gilsdorf RA, Nicki MA, Chen EYX. High chemical recyclability of vinyl lactone acrylic bioplastics. Polym Chem 2020. [DOI: 10.1039/d0py00786b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Biomass-derived vinyl lactone acrylic bioplastics not only exhibit higher thermostability but also depolymerize more selectively to monomers with higher yield and purity compared to their petroleum-based vinyl ester acrylic counterpart.
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Veith C, Diot-Néant F, Miller SA, Allais F. Synthesis and polymerization of bio-based acrylates: a review. Polym Chem 2020. [DOI: 10.1039/d0py01222j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Acrylates and polyacrylates have been produced massively due to their interesting applications like Plexiglas.
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- Clémence Veith
- URD Agro-biotechnologie Industrielles (ABI)
- CEBB
- AgroParisTech
- Pomacle
- France
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- URD Agro-biotechnologie Industrielles (ABI)
- CEBB
- AgroParisTech
- Pomacle
- France
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- The George and Josephine Butler Laboratory for Polymer Research
- Department of Chemistry
- University of Florida
- Gainesville
- USA
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- URD Agro-biotechnologie Industrielles (ABI)
- CEBB
- AgroParisTech
- Pomacle
- France
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Kollár J, Danko M, Pippig F, Mosnáček J. Functional Polymers and Polymeric Materials From Renewable Alpha-Unsaturated Gamma-Butyrolactones. Front Chem 2019; 7:845. [PMID: 31921769 PMCID: PMC6923188 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2019.00845] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2019] [Accepted: 11/20/2019] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Sustainable chemistry requires application of green processes and often starting materials originate from renewable resources. Biomass-derived monomers based on five-membered γ-butyrolactone ring represent suitable candidates to replace sources of fossil origin. α-Methylene-γ-butyrolactone, β-hydroxy-α-methylene-γ-butyrolactone, and β- and γ-methyl-α-methylene-γ-butyrolactones bearing exocyclic double bond are available directly by isolation from plants or derived from itaconic or levulinic acids available from biomass feedstock. Exocyclic double bond with structural similarity with methacrylates is highly reactive in chain-growth polymerization. Reaction involves the linking of monomer molecules through vinyl double bonds in the presence of initiators typical for radical, anionic, zwitterionic, group-transfer, organocatalytic, and coordination polymerizations. The formed polymers containing pendant ring are characterized by high glass transition temperature (T g > 195°C) and render decent heat, weathering, scratch, and solvent resistance. The monomers can also be hydrolyzed to open the lactone ring and form water-soluble monomers. Subsequent radical copolymerization in the presence of cross-linker can yield to hydrogels with superior degree of swelling and highly tunable characteristics, depending on the external stimuli. The five-membered lactone ring allows copolymerization of these compounds by ring opening polymerization to provide polyesters with preserved methylene functionality. In addition, both the lactone ring and the methylene double bond can be attacked by amines. Polyaddition with di- or multi-amines leads to functional poly(amidoamines) with properties tunable by structure of the amines. In this mini-review, we summarize the synthetic procedures for preparation of polymeric materials with interesting properties, including thermoplastic elastomers, acrylic latexes, stimuli-sensitive superabsorbent hydrogels, functional biocompatible polyesters, and poly(amidoamines).
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- Jozef Kollár
- Department of Synthesis and Characterization of Polymers, Polymer Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Department of Synthesis and Characterization of Polymers, Polymer Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Department of Synthesis and Characterization of Polymers, Polymer Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Department of Synthesis and Characterization of Polymers, Polymer Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia
- Centre for Advanced Materials Application, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia
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Wang Z, Poli R, Detrembleur C, Debuigne A. Organometallic-Mediated Radical (Co)polymerization of γ-Methylene-γ-Butyrolactone: Access to pH-Responsive Poly(vinyl alcohol) Derivatives. Macromolecules 2019. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.9b01838] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Zhuoqun Wang
- Center for Education and Research on Macromolecules (CERM), CESAM Research Unit, Department of Chemistry, University of Liege, Allée de la Chimie B6A, 4000 Liège, Belgium
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- CNRS, LCC (Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination) and Université de Toulouse, UPS, INPT, 205 route de Narbonne, BP 44099, 31077 Toulouse Cedex 4, France
- Institut Universitaire de France, 1, rue Descartes, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France
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- Center for Education and Research on Macromolecules (CERM), CESAM Research Unit, Department of Chemistry, University of Liege, Allée de la Chimie B6A, 4000 Liège, Belgium
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- Center for Education and Research on Macromolecules (CERM), CESAM Research Unit, Department of Chemistry, University of Liege, Allée de la Chimie B6A, 4000 Liège, Belgium
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Smith CA, Narouz MR, Lummis PA, Singh I, Nazemi A, Li CH, Crudden CM. N-Heterocyclic Carbenes in Materials Chemistry. Chem Rev 2019; 119:4986-5056. [PMID: 30938514 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.8b00514] [Citation(s) in RCA: 353] [Impact Index Per Article: 70.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
Abstract
N-Heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) have become one of the most widely studied class of ligands in molecular chemistry and have found applications in fields as varied as catalysis, the stabilization of reactive molecular fragments, and biochemistry. More recently, NHCs have found applications in materials chemistry and have allowed for the functionalization of surfaces, polymers, nanoparticles, and discrete, well-defined clusters. In this review, we provide an in-depth look at recent advances in the use of NHCs for the development of functional materials.
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- Christene A Smith
- Department of Chemistry , Queen's University , 90 Bader Lane , Kingston , Ontario , Canada , K7L 3N6
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- Department of Chemistry , Queen's University , 90 Bader Lane , Kingston , Ontario , Canada , K7L 3N6
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- Department of Chemistry , Queen's University , 90 Bader Lane , Kingston , Ontario , Canada , K7L 3N6
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- Department of Chemistry , Queen's University , 90 Bader Lane , Kingston , Ontario , Canada , K7L 3N6
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- Department of Chemistry , Queen's University , 90 Bader Lane , Kingston , Ontario , Canada , K7L 3N6
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- Department of Chemistry , Queen's University , 90 Bader Lane , Kingston , Ontario , Canada , K7L 3N6
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- Department of Chemistry , Queen's University , 90 Bader Lane , Kingston , Ontario , Canada , K7L 3N6.,Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules, ITbM-WPI , Nagoya University , Nagoya , Chikusa 464-8601 , Japan
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Gowda RR, Chen EYX. Regioselective Hydrogenation of Itaconic Acid to γ-Isovalerolactone by Transition-Metal Nanoparticle Catalysts. CHEMSUSCHEM 2019; 12:973-977. [PMID: 30637972 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.201802878] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2018] [Revised: 01/11/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Current methods for hydrogenation of bio-derived itaconic acid (IA) lead to a mixture of isomeric lactone products. Transition-metal nanoparticles (TM-NPs), in situ-generated through thermolysis of TM(0) (Ru, Fe, W, Cr) carbonyls, in particular Ru-NPs, were found to catalyze regioselective hydrogenation of IA by syngas (2 H2 /CO) into γ-isovalerolactone (GiVL) in approximately 70 % isolated yield. Key sustainability features of this new route include: a one-pot direct transformation of bio-renewable IA into value-added GiVL selectively, use of inexpensive and renewable syngas in aqueous solution, and development of a supported recyclable NP catalyst system, Al2 O3 -Ru-NPs.
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- Ravikumar R Gowda
- Department of Chemistry, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, 80523-1872, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, 80523-1872, United States
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Chang L, Thorimbert S, Dechoux L. The bio-based methyl coumalate involved Morita–Baylis–Hillman reaction. Org Biomol Chem 2019; 17:2784-2791. [DOI: 10.1039/c9ob00328b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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An efficient and sustainable method to prepare pharmaceutically important pyrone derivatives under very mild conditions, from bio-based methyl coumalate, is reported.
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- Liang Chang
- Sorbonne Université
- CNRS
- Institut Parisien de Chimie Moléculaire
- IPCM
- F-75005 Paris
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- Sorbonne Université
- CNRS
- Institut Parisien de Chimie Moléculaire
- IPCM
- F-75005 Paris
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- Sorbonne Université
- CNRS
- Institut Parisien de Chimie Moléculaire
- IPCM
- F-75005 Paris
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Shaghaleh H, Xu X, Wang S. Current progress in production of biopolymeric materials based on cellulose, cellulose nanofibers, and cellulose derivatives. RSC Adv 2018; 8:825-842. [PMID: 35538958 PMCID: PMC9076966 DOI: 10.1039/c7ra11157f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 145] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2017] [Accepted: 12/19/2017] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
Abstract
Cellulose has attracted considerable attention as the strongest potential candidate feedstock for bio-based polymeric material production. During the past decade, significant progress in the production of biopolymers based on different cellulosic forms has been achieved. This review highlights the most recent advances and developments in the three main routes for the production of cellulose-based biopolymers, and discusses their scope and applications. The use of cellulose fibers, nanocellulose, and cellulose derivatives as fillers or matrices in biocomposite materials is an efficient biosustainable alternative for the production of high-quality polymer composites and functional polymeric materials. The use of cellulose-derived monomers (glucose and other platform chemicals) in the synthesis of sustainable biopolymers and functional polymeric materials not only provides viable replacements for most petroleum-based polymers but also enables the development of novel polymers and functional polymeric materials. The present review describes the current status of biopolymers based on various forms of cellulose and the scope of their importance and applications. Challenges, promising research trends, and methods for dealing with challenges in exploitation of the promising properties of different forms of cellulose, which are vital for the future of the global polymeric industry, are discussed. Sustainable cellulosic biopolymers have potential applications not only in the replacement of existing petroleum-based polymers but also in cellulosic functional polymeric materials for a range of applications from electrochemical and energy-storage devices to biomedical applications.
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- Hiba Shaghaleh
- College of Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu Provincial Key Lab for the Chemistry and Utilization of Agro-forest Biomass, Nanjing Forestry University Nanjing Jiangsu 210037 People's Republic of China +86 25 85428369 +86 25 85428369
- Jiangsu Key Lab of Biomass-based Green Fuels and Chemicals Nanjing 210037 People's Republic of China +86 25 85428369 +86 25 85428369
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- College of Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu Provincial Key Lab for the Chemistry and Utilization of Agro-forest Biomass, Nanjing Forestry University Nanjing Jiangsu 210037 People's Republic of China +86 25 85428369 +86 25 85428369
- Jiangsu Key Lab of Biomass-based Green Fuels and Chemicals Nanjing 210037 People's Republic of China +86 25 85428369 +86 25 85428369
- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources Nanjing 210037 People's Republic of China +86 25 85428369 +86 25 85428369
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- College of Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu Provincial Key Lab for the Chemistry and Utilization of Agro-forest Biomass, Nanjing Forestry University Nanjing Jiangsu 210037 People's Republic of China +86 25 85428369 +86 25 85428369
- Jiangsu Key Lab of Biomass-based Green Fuels and Chemicals Nanjing 210037 People's Republic of China +86 25 85428369 +86 25 85428369
- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources Nanjing 210037 People's Republic of China +86 25 85428369 +86 25 85428369
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Zhang X, Fevre M, Jones GO, Waymouth RM. Catalysis as an Enabling Science for Sustainable Polymers. Chem Rev 2017; 118:839-885. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.7b00329] [Citation(s) in RCA: 472] [Impact Index Per Article: 67.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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- Xiangyi Zhang
- Department
of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-5080, United States
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- IBM Research−Almaden, 650 Harry Road, San Jose, California 95120, United States
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- IBM Research−Almaden, 650 Harry Road, San Jose, California 95120, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-5080, United States
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Gowda RR, Chen EYX. Chemoselective Lewis pair polymerization of renewable multivinyl-functionalized γ-butyrolactones. PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS. SERIES A, MATHEMATICAL, PHYSICAL, AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES 2017; 375:20170003. [PMID: 28739962 PMCID: PMC5540837 DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2017.0003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/18/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Multivinyl-functionalized γ-butyrolactones, γ-vinyl-γ-methyl-α-methylene-γ-butyrolactone (γVMMBL) and γ-allyl-γ-methyl-α-methylene-γ-butyrolactone (γAMMBL), have been synthesized from biorenewable ethyl levulinate and effectively polymerized by Lewis pairs consisting of an organic N-heterocyclic carbene Lewis base and a strong organo-Lewis acid E(C6F5)3 (E = Al, B). This Lewis pair polymerization is quantitatively chemoselective, proceeds exclusively via polyaddition across the conjugated α-methylene double bond without participation of the γ-vinyl or γ-allyl double bond, and produces high-molecular-weight functionalized polymers with unimodal molecular-weight distributions. The Al-based Lewis pair produces a polymer with approximately 5.5 times higher molecular weight than that produced by the B-based Lewis pair. The resulting vinyl-functionalized polymers are soluble in common organic solvents and stable at room temperature, and can be thermally cured into crosslinked materials.This article is part of the themed issue 'Frustrated Lewis pair chemistry'.
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- Ravikumar R Gowda
- Department of Chemistry, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1872, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1872, USA
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Trotta JT, Jin M, Stawiasz KJ, Michaudel Q, Chen WL, Fors BP. Synthesis of methylene butyrolactone polymers from itaconic acid. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/pola.28654] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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- Jacob T. Trotta
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology; Cornell University; Ithaca New York 14853
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology; Cornell University; Ithaca New York 14853
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology; Cornell University; Ithaca New York 14853
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology; Cornell University; Ithaca New York 14853
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering; Cornell University; Ithaca New York 14853
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology; Cornell University; Ithaca New York 14853
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Matsuoka SI, Awano N, Nakazawa M, Suzuki M. Tail-to-tail dimerization and Rauhut-Currier reaction of disubstituted Michael acceptors catalyzed by N-heterocyclic carbene. Tetrahedron Lett 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2016.11.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Tang X, Hong M, Falivene L, Caporaso L, Cavallo L, Chen EYX. The Quest for Converting Biorenewable Bifunctional α-Methylene-γ-butyrolactone into Degradable and Recyclable Polyester: Controlling Vinyl-Addition/Ring-Opening/Cross-Linking Pathways. J Am Chem Soc 2016; 138:14326-14337. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b07974] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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- Xiaoyan Tang
- Department
of Chemistry, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523-1872, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523-1872, United States
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- Physical
Sciences and Engineering Division, Kaust Catalysis Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- Dipartimento
di Chimica e Biologia, Università di Salerno, Via Papa
Paolo Giovanni II, I-84084, Fisciano, Italy
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- Physical
Sciences and Engineering Division, Kaust Catalysis Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
- Dipartimento
di Chimica e Biologia, Università di Salerno, Via Papa
Paolo Giovanni II, I-84084, Fisciano, Italy
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- Department
of Chemistry, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523-1872, United States
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Gowda RR, Chen EYX. Organocatalytic and Chemoselective Polymerization of Multivinyl-Functionalized γ-Butyrolactones. ACS Macro Lett 2016; 5:772-776. [PMID: 35614656 DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.6b00370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Achieving complete chemoselectivity in the polymerization of multivinyl polar monomers is an important yet challenging task, currently achievable only by metal- or metalloid-mediated polymerization processes but in a noncatalytic fashion. Now this work shows that organic N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) catalysts effect rapid, chemoselective, and catalytic polymerization of multivinyl-functionalized γ-butyrolactones, particularly γ-vinyl-α-methylene-γ-butyrolactone (VMBL). Thus, the NHC-catalyzed polymerization of VMBL not only is quantitatively chemoselective, proceeding exclusively via polyaddition across the conjugated α-methylene double bond while leaving the γ-vinyl double bond intact, but also requires only an exceptionally low catalyst loading of 50 ppm, thus, exhibiting a remarkably high catalyst turnover frequency of 80000 h-1 and producing on average 33.6 polymer chains of Mn = 73.8 kg/mol per NHC molecule. The resulting PVMBL can be either thermally cured into cross-linked materials or postfunctionalized with the thiol-ene "click" reaction to achieve complete conversion of the pendant vinyl group on every repeat unit into the corresponding thioether.
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- Ravikumar R. Gowda
- Department of Chemistry, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523-1872, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523-1872, United States
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Mauldin TC, Wertz JT, Boday DJ. Acrylic Platform from Renewable Resources via a Paradigm Shift in Lactide Polymerization. ACS Macro Lett 2016; 5:544-546. [PMID: 35607223 DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.6b00023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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A new polyacrylate, poly(methylidenelactide), with high thermal stability and derived from biobased resources is reported. This polymer is formed from the radical polymerization of a modified lactide derivative and represents one of the few examples of an acrylic from which the entire mass is bioderived and is made from a simplistic synthesis. Furthermore, poly(methylidenelactide) serves as a foundation for a platform of new acrylic structures, owing to pendant cyclic diesters that are susceptible to postpolymerization modification via simple transesterification chemistry. Several examples of unique acrylics made from poly(methylidenelactide) are synthesized and characterized.
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- IBM Corporation, Poughkeepsie, New York 12601, United States
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Holmberg AL, Nguyen NA, Karavolias MG, Reno KH, Wool RP, Epps TH. Softwood Lignin-Based Methacrylate Polymers with Tunable Thermal and Viscoelastic Properties. Macromolecules 2016. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.5b02316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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- Angela L. Holmberg
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, ‡Department of Materials Science
and Engineering, and §Center for Composite Materials, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, ‡Department of Materials Science
and Engineering, and §Center for Composite Materials, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, ‡Department of Materials Science
and Engineering, and §Center for Composite Materials, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, ‡Department of Materials Science
and Engineering, and §Center for Composite Materials, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, ‡Department of Materials Science
and Engineering, and §Center for Composite Materials, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, ‡Department of Materials Science
and Engineering, and §Center for Composite Materials, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, United States
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Tang J, Chen EYX. Organopolymerization of naturally occurring Tulipalin B: a hydroxyl-functionalized methylene butyrolactone. Org Chem Front 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c5qo00262a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Naturally occurring, OH-containing, tri-functional Tulipalin B has been successfully polymerized by N-heterocyclic carbene and phosphazene superbase catalysts into polymers with Mn up to 13.2 kg mol−1.
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- Jing Tang
- Department of Chemistry
- Colorado State University
- Fort Collins
- USA
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Gowda RR, Caporaso L, Cavallo L, Chen EYX. Unusual C–C Bond Cleavage in the Formation of Amine-Bis(phenoxy) Group 4 Benzyl Complexes: Mechanism of Formation and Application to Stereospecific Polymerization. Organometallics 2014. [DOI: 10.1021/om500661y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Ravikumar R. Gowda
- Department
of Chemistry, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523-1872, United States
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- Dipartimento
di Chimica e Biologia, Università di Salerno, Via Giovanni
Paolo II, I-84084, Fisciano, Italy
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- Physical
Sciences and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Kaust Catalysis Center, Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- Department
of Chemistry, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523-1872, United States
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Mi L, Chen Y, Zheng Z, Hou H, Chen W, Cui S. Beneficial metal ion insertion into dandelion-like MnS with enhanced catalytic performance and genetic morphology. RSC Adv 2014. [DOI: 10.1039/c4ra00961d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Large-scale novel hierarchical dandelion-like MnS was successfully synthesized with manganese complex as a template under mild reaction conditions.
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- Liwei Mi
- Center For Advanced Functional Materials Research
- Zhongyuan University of Technology
- , P. R. China
- Key Laboratory for Micro-Nano Energy Storage and Conversion Materials of Henan Province
- Institute of Surface Micro and Nano Materials
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- Department of Chemistry
- Zhengzhou University
- , P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Micro-Nano Energy Storage and Conversion Materials of Henan Province
- Institute of Surface Micro and Nano Materials
- Xuchang University
- , P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry
- Zhengzhou University
- , P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry
- Zhengzhou University
- , P. R. China
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- Center For Advanced Functional Materials Research
- Zhongyuan University of Technology
- , P. R. China
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