Issue 9, 2015

Polyethylene ferulate (PEF) and congeners: polystyrene mimics derived from biorenewable aromatics

Abstract

Ferulic acid and p-coumaric acid are abundant, biorenewable precursors for the synthesis of polyethylene ferulate (PEF) and polyethylene coumarate (PEC), as well as cognate copolymers with prescribed hydrogenation of the main-chain double bond. By controlling the comonomer feed ratios, copolymers with tunable thermal properties are obtained, including the thermal range occupied by polystyrene (PS).

Graphical abstract: Polyethylene ferulate (PEF) and congeners: polystyrene mimics derived from biorenewable aromatics

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
23 May 2015
Accepted
03 Jul 2015
First published
14 Jul 2015

Green Chem., 2015,17, 4512-4517

Polyethylene ferulate (PEF) and congeners: polystyrene mimics derived from biorenewable aromatics

H. T. H. Nguyen, M. H. Reis, P. Qi and S. A. Miller, Green Chem., 2015, 17, 4512 DOI: 10.1039/C5GC01104C

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