Titelangaben
Agarwal, Seema ; Jin, Qiao ; Maji, Samarendra:
Biobased Polymers from Plant-Derived Tulipalin A.
In:
Smith, Patrick B. (Hrsg.): Biobased monomers, polymers, and materials. -
Washington, DC
: American Chemical Soc.
,
2012
. - S. 197-212
. - (ACS Symposium Series
; 1105
)
ISBN 978-0-8412-2767-5
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/bk-2012-1105.ch013
Abstract
A few interesting examples of plant-derived naturally originated vinyl monomers are known. These plant-derived monomers can be easily classified into three categories (olefinic, styrenic and acrylate types) in resemblance to their chemical structures with the corresponding petro-derived monomers. One of these monomers, alpha-methylene-gamma-butyrolactone (MBL) (Tulipalin A) belongs to the class of sesquiterpene lactone family and considered as cyclic analog of most common vinyl monomer methyl methacrylate (MMA). By virtue of its exo-methylene double bond, it can be used as a naturally originated vinyl monomer in order to synthesize biopolymers. Having a natural source origin inculcates biocompatibility, biodegradability, eco-friendly, and renewable characteristics in the resulting polymers. The present chapter highlighted the structure, synthesis, properties, and specialty polymers obtained from this naturally occurring Tulipalin A monomer.