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Molecular weight reduction of natural rubber (NR) with hydrogen peroxide (H 2 O 2 ) oxidizing agent is limited in biphasic water-toluene systems that is attributed to mass transfer. In this work, CO 2  was applied to the (aqueous H 2 O 2 )-(toluene-NR) systems with the objective of improving reaction efficiency. Experiments were performed on the reaction system with CO 2  at 12 MPa and at reaction temperatures and times of 60°C–80°C and 1 h–10 h to evaluate the reaction kinetics. CO 2  could enhance the NR molecular weight reduction by lowering the activation energy (from 121 kJ·mol −1  to 38 kJ·mol −1 ). The role of CO 2  in the reaction system seems to be the formation of oxidative peroxycarbonic acid intermediate and promotion of mass transport due to the reduction in the toluene-NR viscosity and interfacial tension. The epoxidized liquid NRs ( M ̅ n =4.9×10 3  g·mol −1 ) obtained from NR molecular weight reduction was further processed to prepare hydroxyl telechelic NR ( M ̅ n =1.0×10 3  g·mol −1 ) and biobased polyurethane.

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Enhancement of molecular weight reduction of natural rubber in triphasic CO 2 /toluene/H 2 O systems with hydrogen peroxide for preparation of biobased polyurethanes