Aromatic polyesters from biosuccinic acidElectronic supplementary information (ESI) available: Synthetic details and complete polymer characterization data. See DOI: 10.1039/c8py00862k

Succinic acid, a promising biobased platform chemical, was used as a precursor to synthesize the aromatic monomers 2,5-dihydroxyterephthalic acid and 2,5-dimethoxyterephthalic acid. Two copolymer series were generated with linear diol comonomers, HO(CH 2 ) n OH, of varying length with n = 2-10. For...

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Main Authors: Short, Gabriel N, Nguyen, Ha T. H, Scheurle, Patricia I, Miller, Stephen A
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Summary:Succinic acid, a promising biobased platform chemical, was used as a precursor to synthesize the aromatic monomers 2,5-dihydroxyterephthalic acid and 2,5-dimethoxyterephthalic acid. Two copolymer series were generated with linear diol comonomers, HO(CH 2 ) n OH, of varying length with n = 2-10. For polyalkylene dihydroxyterephthalates, the glass transition temperature ( T g ) ranged from 36 to 168 °C. For polyalkylene dimethoxyterephthalates, the T g ranged from 6 to 74 °C. Biosuccinic acid, obtained via sugar fermentation, is cyclodimerized and oxidized to yield building blocks for aromatic polyesters with high glass transition temperatures.
ISSN:1759-9954
1759-9962
DOI:10.1039/c8py00862k