Renewable Beta-Elemene Based Cyclic Carbonates for the Preparation of Oligo(hydroxyurethane)s

Cristina Maquilón, Arianna Brandolese, Christian Alter, Claas H. Hövelmann, Francesco Della Monica*, Arjan W. Kleij*

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Abstract

Conversion of β-elemene into new β-elemene dicarbonates through epoxidation and halide salt-catalyzed CO2 cycloaddition reactions is reported. Step-growth polyaddition of this dicarbonate to five different, commercial diamines was investigated under neat conditions at 150 °C yielding non-isocyanate-based low molecular weight oligo(hydroxyurethane)s with 1.3≤Mn≤6.3 kDa and 1.3≤Ð≤2.1, and with glass transition temperatures ranging from −59 to 84 °C. The preparation of one selected polyhydroxyurethane material, obtained in the presence of Jeffamine® D-2010 was scaled-up to 43 g. The latter, when combined in a formulation using Irgacure® 2100 and Laromer® LR 9000 allowed the preparation of coatings that were analyzed with several techniques showing the potential of these biobased oligourethanes towards the preparation of commercially relevant materials.

Original languageEnglish
Article numbere202201123
Number of pages8
JournalChemSusChem
Volume15
Issue number17
Early online date27 Jun 2022
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 7 Sept 2022

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
We thank the Cerca program/Generalitat de Catalunya, ICREA and MINECO (PID2020-112684GB-100) for support. We also thank the Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación for funding through Severo Ochoa Excellence Accreditation 2020–2023 (CEX2019-000925-S, MIC/AEI). F.D.M. kindly acknowledges the European Community for a postdoctoral fellowship through the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under Marie Skłodowska-Curie Grant Agreement No. 840557. A.B. thanks the ERDF (European Regional Development Fund) for financial support through the POCTEFA Interreg program (EFA308/19 TRIPyr). We also thank Isobionics for a kind donation of beta-elemene. Open Access funding provided by Università degli Studi dell'Insubria within the CRUI-CARE Agreement.

Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 The Authors. ChemSusChem published by Wiley-VCH GmbH.

Keywords

  • amine reagents
  • beta-elemene
  • carbon dioxide
  • cyclic carbonates
  • polyurethanes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Environmental Chemistry
  • General Chemical Engineering
  • General Materials Science
  • General Energy

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