Hydrophilic bio-based polymers by radical copolymerization of cyclic vinyl ethers derived from glycerol.

Riko Kashima, Akito Kajita, Tomohiro Kubo, Masami Kamigaito, Kotaro Satoh

Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) 2022 Aug 04

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In this study, novel functional polymers were obtained by using glycerol as a bio-based precursor, which is abundant and inexpensive renewable feedstock with a polyol skeleton. Cyclic vinyl ethers with acetal linkage were derived from glycerol to yield well-defined copolymers by reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) radical copolymerization with common vinyl monomers. The resulting acetal-containing copolymers could be hydrolyzed under acidic conditions to afford water-soluble functional polymers with pendent diols.

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Riko Kashima, Akito Kajita, Tomohiro Kubo, Masami Kamigaito, Kotaro Satoh. Hydrophilic bio-based polymers by radical copolymerization of cyclic vinyl ethers derived from glycerol. Chemical communications (Cambridge, England). 2022 Aug 04;58(63):8766-8769