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To functionalize plant oil triglycerides from soybean and sunflower oils via ene reactions and copolymerize them into rigid bio-based polymer networks.

January 22, 2004Journal of Applied Polymer Science

Hydroxymethylation and polymerization of plant oil triglycerides

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TETarık ErenYıldız Technical University SKSeli̇m H. KüsefoǧluBoğaziçi University

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Experimental synthesis demonstrates the conversion of soybean and sunflower triglycerides into rigid styrene copolymers, indicating viable pathways for bio-based polymer production.

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To functionalize plant oil triglycerides from soybean and sunflower oils via ene reactions and copolymerize them into rigid bio-based polymer networks.
Reacted soybean and sunflower triglycerides with paraformaldehyde in the presence of an ethylaluminum dichloride Lewis acid catalyst to produce hydroxymethyl derivatives.
Esterified the hydroxymethyl intermediates with maleic anhydride at 100°C to generate maleate half esters.
Synthesized rigid polymer networks through free-radical copolymerization with styrene, evaluating crosslinked swelling behavior and thermal transitions via differential scanning calorimetry.
Hydroxymethyl derivatives were obtained at yields of 55% for soybean oil and 42% for sunflower oil.
Maleinization produced an average of 1.7 maleate groups per triglyceride for soybean oil and 1.3 for sunflower oil.
Cured copolymer resins exhibited glass-transition temperatures of 40°C for the soybean-based polymer and 30°C for the sunflower-based polymer.

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Eren et al. (2004) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a90df6b5d48fdaeb8cae515 https://doi.org/10.1002/app.13608

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Experimental synthesis demonstrates the conversion of soybean and sunflower triglycerides into rigid styrene copolymers, indicating viable pathways for bio-based polymer production.

Hydroxymethylation and polymerization of plant oil triglycerides

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