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Multicatalytic Transformation of (Meth)acrylic Acids: a One‐Pot Approach to Biobased Poly(meth)acrylates
Author(s) -
Fouilloux Hugo,
Qiang Wei,
Robert Carine,
Placet Vincent,
Thomas Christophe M.
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.202106640
Subject(s) - petrochemical , meth , renewable resource , monomer , renewable energy , acrylic acid , chemistry , polymerization , organic chemistry , copolymer , one pot synthesis , acrylate , polymer , polymer chemistry , materials science , catalysis , engineering , electrical engineering
Shifting from petrochemical feedstocks to renewable resources can address some of the environmental issues associated with petrochemical extraction and make plastics production sustainable. Therefore, there is a growing interest in selective methods for transforming abundant renewable feedstocks into monomers suitable for polymer production. Reported herein are one‐pot catalytic systems, that are active, productive, and selective under mild conditions for the synthesis of copolymers from renewable materials. Each system allows for anhydride formation, alcohol acylation and/or acid esterification, as well as polymerization of the formed (meth)acrylates, providing direct access to a new library of unique poly(meth)acrylates.