Issue 21, 2021

Limonene as a renewable unsaturated hydrocarbon solvent for living anionic polymerization of β-myrcene

Abstract

The acyclic monoterpene β-myrcene is polymerized by anionic polymerization at room temperature using sec-butyllithium as the initiator and the cyclic monoterpene DL-limonene as an unsaturated hydrocarbon solvent. The polymerization is a living process and allows production of polymyrcenes with narrow molar mass distribution (Đ ∼ 1.06) and high content of 1,4 units (∼90%) as well as block copolymers.

Graphical abstract: Limonene as a renewable unsaturated hydrocarbon solvent for living anionic polymerization of β-myrcene

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
26 Mme 2021
Accepted
10 Mot 2021
First published
10 Mot 2021

Polym. Chem., 2021,12, 3084-3087

Limonene as a renewable unsaturated hydrocarbon solvent for living anionic polymerization of β-myrcene

A. Dev, A. Rösler and H. Schlaad, Polym. Chem., 2021, 12, 3084 DOI: 10.1039/D1PY00570G

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