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[1F10] Synthesis of bio-based network polymers by acyclic diene metathesis polymerization
Keywords:network biobased polyesters, polymerization, olefin metathesis
This work uses a cheap glycerol-based cross linker (CL), which upon undergoing acyclic diene metathesis (ADMET) polymerization of dianhydro-D-glucityl bis(undec-10-enoate) (ME) using Ru catalyst (HG2) afforded high molecular weight polymers with unimodal molecular weight distribution. Both the Mn values and the distributions were affected by the conditions, and whereby Mn values dictate the mechanical properties of the polymer. The results have shown that using 5 mol % of the CL results in formation of an organo-gel while 1-2.5 mol % of the CL produces a soluble network polymer at a particular molecular weight range. This soluble network polymer after hydrogenation showed an increase in ultimate strain and toughness compared to the linear polymers.