A renewable glucose-derived methacrylate monomer for photopolymerization: synthesis, copolymerization with MMA, and structure–property relationships

Key Points

• The research aims to synthesize a glucose-derived methacrylate for photopolymerization and to explore its properties through copolymerization with MMA.
• Synthesis of glucose-derived methacrylate (MA-IPT-GF).
• Photopolymerization of MA-IPT-GF with MMA under UV irradiation.
• Use of benzophenone as a photoinitiator.
• Successful synthesis of MA-IPT-GF, which exhibits favorable properties for photopolymerization.
• Copolymerization with MMA resulted in effective structural and property relationships, demonstrating versatility.