Issue 15, 2016
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Green Chemistry

Synthesis of biorenewable and water-degradable polylactam esters from itaconic acid†

Pengxu Qi,a   Hsiao-Li Chen,ab   Ha Thi Hoang Nguyen,a   Chu-Chieh Linb  and  Stephen A. Miller*a  

* Corresponding authors

a The George and Josephine Butler Laboratory for Polymer Research, Department of Chemistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611-7200, USA
E-mail: miller@chem.ufl.edu
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Tel: +1-352-392-7773

b Department of Chemistry, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung City, Taiwan
E-mail: cchlin@dragon.nchu.edu.tw
Tel: +886-0422-840411

Abstract

Itaconic acid, a naturally occurring compound mass-produced via fermentation of glucose, was reacted with ethanolamine or ethylene diamine to afford hydroxy-acid or diacid monomers containing the 2-pyrrolidone lactam. Homopolymerization or copolymerization with diols, respectively, yielded polylactam esters with higher glass transition temperatures and faster hydrolytic degradation compared to the commercial polyester polylactic acid (PLA).

Graphical abstract: Synthesis of biorenewable and water-degradable polylactam esters from itaconic acid

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C6GC01081D
Article type
Communication
Submitted
15 Apr 2016
Accepted
16 Jun 2016
First published
23 Jun 2016

Green Chem., 2016,18, 4170-4175

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Synthesis of biorenewable and water-degradable polylactam esters from itaconic acid

P. Qi, H. Chen, H. T. H. Nguyen, C. Lin and S. A. Miller, Green Chem., 2016, 18, 4170 DOI: 10.1039/C6GC01081D

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