Issue 5, 2017
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Polymer Chemistry

Polymerisation of a terpene-derived lactone: a bio-based alternative to ε-caprolactone†

Helena C. Quilter,ab   Marc Hutchby,b   Matthew G. Davidsonb  and  Matthew D. Jones ORCID logo *b  

* Corresponding authors

a Doctoral Training Centre in Sustainable Chemical Technologies, University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY, UK

b Department of Chemistry, University of Bath, Bath, UK
E-mail: mj205@bath.ac.uk

Abstract

A high-yielding 4-step process for converting a naturally occurring terpene, β-pinene, into a substituted ε-caprolactone is herein reported. Investigations into the ring-opening polymerisation and copolymerisation of this monomer are also described.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C6PY02033J
Article type
Communication
Submitted
21 Nov 2016
Accepted
20 Dec 2016
First published
21 Dec 2016
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Polym. Chem., 2017,8, 833-837

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Polymerisation of a terpene-derived lactone: a bio-based alternative to ε-caprolactone

H. C. Quilter, M. Hutchby, M. G. Davidson and M. D. Jones, Polym. Chem., 2017, 8, 833 DOI: 10.1039/C6PY02033J

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