Synthesis of Methylene Butyrolactone Polymers from Itaconic Acid Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Herein, we report the transformation of -monomethyl itaconate, an inexpensive and biorenewable alternative to petroleum feedstocks, to the high-value monomer -methylene-,-dimethyl--butyrolactone (Me2MBL) through a selective addition strategy. This strategy is also applied to the synthesis of -methylene--butyrolactone (MBL, tulipalin A), a monomer that can be polymerized to give materials with desirable properties (high decomposition temperature, glass transition temperature, and refractive index). Subsequent polymerization of both Me2MBL and MBL through reversible addition-fragmentation chain-transfer polymerization generates well-defined poly(Me2MBL) and poly(MBL) (PMBL). Physical characterization of poly(Me2MBL) shows good physical properties comparable with known PMBL materials. 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 2017, 55, 27302737.

published proceedings

  • JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART A-POLYMER CHEMISTRY

altmetric score

  • 16

author list (cited authors)

  • Trotta, J. T., Jin, M., Stawiasz, K. J., Michaudel, Q., Chen, W., & Fors, B. P.

citation count

  • 29

complete list of authors

  • Trotta, Jacob T||Jin, Mengyuan||Stawiasz, Katherine J||Michaudel, Quentin||Chen, Wei-Liang||Fors, Brett P

publication date

  • January 2017

publisher