Green polymerization methods : renewable starting materials, catalysis and waste reduction /: renewable starting materials, catalysis and waste reduction. (2011)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Robert T. Mathers and Michael A.R. Meier.
• Other Names: Mathers, Robert T; Meier, Michael A. R
• Contents: PART I: Introduction; ; WHY ARE GREEN POLYMERIZATION METHODS RELEVANT TO SOCIETY, INDUSTRY, AND ACADEMICS?; Status and Outlook for Environmentally Benign Processes; Importance of Catalysis; Brief Summaries of Contributions; ; PART II: Integration of Renewable Starting Materials; ; PLANT OILS AS RENEWABLE FEEDSTOCK FOR POLYMER SCIENCE; Introduction; Cross-Linked Materials; Non-Cross-Linked Polymers; Conclusion; ; FURANS AS OFFSPRINGS OF SUGARS AND POLYSACCHARIDES AND PROGENITORS OF AN EMBLEMATIC FAMILY OF POLYMER SIBLINGS; Introduction; First Generation Furans and their Conversion into Monomers; Polymers from Furfuryl Alcohol; Conjugated Polymers and Oligomers; Polyesters; Polyamides; Polyurethanes; Furyl Oxirane; Application of the Diels-Alder Reaction to Furan Polymers; Conclusions; ; SELECTIVE CONVERSION OF GLYCEROL INTO FUNCTIONAL MONOMERS VIA CATALYTIC PROCESSES; Introduction; Conversion of Glycerol into Glycerol Carbonate; Conversion of Glycerol into Acrolein/Acrylic Acid; Conversion of Glycerol into Glycidol; Oxidation of Glycerol to Functional Carboxylic Acid; Conversion of Glycerol into Acrylonitrile; Selective Conversion of Glycerol into Propylene Glycol; Selective Coupling of Glycerol with Functional Monomers; Conclusion; ; PART III: Sustainable Reaction Conditions; ; MONOTERPENES AS POLYMERIZATION SOLVENTS AND MONOMERS IN POLYMER CHEMISTRY; Introduction; Monoterpenes as Monomers; Monoterpenes as Solvents and Chain Transfer Agents; Conclusion; ; CONTROLLED AND LIVING POLYMERIZATION IN WATER: MODERN METHODS AND APPLICATION TO BIO-SYNTHETIC HYBRID MATERIALS; Introduction; Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization (ROMP); Living Free Radical Methods for Bio-Synthetic Hybrid Materials; ; TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE SOLUTION POLYMERIZATION: BIODIESEL AS A POLYMERIZATION SOLVENT; Introduction; Solution Polymerization and Green Solvents; Biodiesel as a Polymerization Solvent; Experimental Section; Effect of FAME Solvent on Polymerization Kinetics; Effect of Biodiesel Feedstock; Conclusion; ; PART IV: Catalytic Processes; ; RING-OPENING POLYMERIZATION OF RENEWABLE SIX-MEMBERED CYCLIC CARBONATES. MONOMER SYNTHESIS AND CATALYSIS; Introduction; Preparation of 1, 3-Propanediol from Renewable Resources; Preparation of Dimethylcarbonate from Renewable Resources; Synthesis of Trimethylene Carbonate; Six-Membered Cyclic Carbonates: Thermodynamic Properties of Ring-Opening Polymerization; Catalytic Processes Using Green Catalysts Methods; Thermoplastic Elastomers and their Biodegradation Processes; Concluding Remarks; ; POLY(LACTIDE)S AS ROBUST RENEWABLE MATERIALS; Introduction; Ring-Opening Polymerization of Lactide; Poly(lactide) Properties; Thermoplastic Elastomers; Future Developments/Outlook; ; SYNTHESIS OF SACCHARIDE-DERIVED FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; Introduction; Polyethers; Polyamides; Polyurethanes and Polyureas; Glycosilicones; ; DEGRADABLE AND BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS BY CONTROLLED/LIVING RADICAL POLYMERIZATION: FROM SYNTHESIS TO APPLICATION; Introduction; (Bio)degradable Polymers by CRP; Conclusions; ; PART V: Biomimetic Methods and Biocatalysis; ; HIGH-PERFORMANCE POLYMERS FROM PHENOLIC BIOMONOMERS; Introduction; Coumarates as Phytomonomers; LC Properties of Homopolymers; LC Copolymers for Biomaterials; LC Copolymers for Photofunctional Polymers; LC Copolymers for High Heat-Resistant Polymers; Conclusion; ; ENZYMATIC POLYMER SYNTHESIS IN GREEN CHEMISTRY; Introduction; Polymers; Green Media for Enzymatic Polymerization; Conclusions and Outlook; ; GREEN CATIONIC POLYMERIZATIONS AND POLYMER FUNCTIONALIZATION FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY; Introduction; Enzyme Catalysis; "Green" Cationic Polymerizations and Polymer Functionalization Using Lipases; Natural Rubber Biosynthesis -; The Ultimate Green Cationic Polymerization; Green Synthetic Cationic Polymerization and Copolymerization of Isoprene
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Wiley-VCH
• Publication Date: 2011
• Extent: 1 online resource (380 pages)
• Subjects: 668.9; Polymerization -- Environmental aspects
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783527636174
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