Levoglucosenone-derived synthesis of bio-based solvents and polyesters
| Autor: | Cicely M. Warne, Sami Fadlallah, Adrian C. Whitwood, James Sherwood, Louis M. M. Mouterde, Florent Allais, Georg M. Guebitz, Con R. McElroy, Alessandro Pellis |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2023 |
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| Zdroj: | Green Chemistry Letters and Reviews, Vol 16, Iss 1 (2023) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 17518253 1751-7192 1751-8253 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/17518253.2022.2154573 |
| Popis: | ABSTRACTPolyesters are important materials with a wide range of applications, but there has been increasing concern over their sustainability. One example is the need for safer, bio-derived solvents to replace those currently in use for the polymer’s synthesis and processing. In this work, several variants of the bio-based cellulose/levoglucosenone derived solvent Cyrene, namely the ketal derivatives dioxolane Cygnet, dioxane Cygnet and dioxepane Cygnet were synthesized and tested as media for enzymatic polycondensation reactions using bio-based building blocks. Dioxolane Cygnet and dioxepane Cygnet were found to be suitable solvents for enzymatic polycondensation reactions, with dioxolane Cygnet being the preferred solvent, yielding polymers with a Mn >22 kDa. In addition, these solvents were tested in the biocatalyzed synthesis of levoglucosenone-based polyesters. The alternative solvents gave superior yields to those previously observed, demonstrating the versatility of these solvents in enzymatic polycondensation reactions, representing the first synthetic polymer-solvent system fully derived from cellulose. |
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