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Synthesis, life cycle assessment, and polymerization of a vanillin-based spirocyclic diol toward polyesters with increased glass transition temperature

Mankar, Smita LU ; Garcia Gonzalez, Nelly LU orcid ; Warlin, Niklas LU ; Valsange, Nitin LU ; Rehnberg, Nicola LU orcid ; Lundmark, Stefan ; Jannasch, Patric LU orcid and Zhang, Baozhong LU (2019) In ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 7(23). p.19090-19103
Abstract
Bio-based rigid diols are key building blocks in the development and preparation of high performance bioplastics with improved thermal and dimensional stability. Here, we report on the straightforward two-step synthesis of a diol with a spirocyclic acetal structure, starting from bio-based vanillin and pentaerythritol. According to a preliminary life cycle assessment (LCA), the greenhouse gas emissions of this bio-based diol are significantly lower than that of bio-based 1,3-propanediol. Copolymerization of the rigid spiro-diol with 1,6-hexanediol and dimethyl terephthalate by melt polymerization yielded a series of copolyesters, which showed improved glass transition temperature and thermal stability upon the incorporation of the... (More)
Bio-based rigid diols are key building blocks in the development and preparation of high performance bioplastics with improved thermal and dimensional stability. Here, we report on the straightforward two-step synthesis of a diol with a spirocyclic acetal structure, starting from bio-based vanillin and pentaerythritol. According to a preliminary life cycle assessment (LCA), the greenhouse gas emissions of this bio-based diol are significantly lower than that of bio-based 1,3-propanediol. Copolymerization of the rigid spiro-diol with 1,6-hexanediol and dimethyl terephthalate by melt polymerization yielded a series of copolyesters, which showed improved glass transition temperature and thermal stability upon the incorporation of the spiro-acetal units. The crystallinity and melting point of copolyesters decreased with increasing content of the spirocyclic backbone structures. The copolyesters containing 10% of the new diol was semicrystalline while those with 20 and 30% spiro-diol incorporated were completely amorphous. Moreover, dynamic mechanical analysis indicated that the copolyesters showed comparable storage moduli as AkestraTM, a commercial fossil-based high-performance polyester. (Less)
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10.1021/acssuschemeng.9b04930
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  abstract     = {{Bio-based rigid diols are key building blocks in the development and preparation of high performance bioplastics with improved thermal and dimensional stability. Here, we report on the straightforward two-step synthesis of a diol with a spirocyclic acetal structure, starting from bio-based vanillin and pentaerythritol. According to a preliminary life cycle assessment (LCA), the greenhouse gas emissions of this bio-based diol are significantly lower than that of bio-based 1,3-propanediol. Copolymerization of the rigid spiro-diol with 1,6-hexanediol and dimethyl terephthalate by melt polymerization yielded a series of copolyesters, which showed improved glass transition temperature and thermal stability upon the incorporation of the spiro-acetal units. The crystallinity and melting point of copolyesters decreased with increasing content of the spirocyclic backbone structures. The copolyesters containing 10% of the new diol was semicrystalline while those with 20 and 30% spiro-diol incorporated were completely amorphous. Moreover, dynamic mechanical analysis indicated that the copolyesters showed comparable storage moduli as AkestraTM, a commercial fossil-based high-performance polyester.}},
  author       = {{Mankar, Smita and Garcia Gonzalez, Nelly and Warlin, Niklas and Valsange, Nitin and Rehnberg, Nicola and Lundmark, Stefan and Jannasch, Patric and Zhang, Baozhong}},
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  pages        = {{19090--19103}},
  publisher    = {{The American Chemical Society (ACS)}},
  series       = {{ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering}},
  title        = {{Synthesis, life cycle assessment, and polymerization of a vanillin-based spirocyclic diol toward polyesters with increased glass transition temperature}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.9b04930}},
  doi          = {{10.1021/acssuschemeng.9b04930}},
  volume       = {{7}},
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