Achieving more sustainable synthetic pathways, usage and waste management of polymeric materials are all important elements of a circular bioeconomy. Aspects such as benign synthetic methodologies, utilizing renewable resources, structure-property relationships that match the targeted application and intended end-of-life handling methodologies are in focus. With the proper synthetic design, ring-opening polymerizations of lactones and carbonates from renewable resources inherently contribute with important characteristics that enable the creation of renewable functional and recyclable materials. In this presentation examples of our work within the field will be highlighted. This includes the one-pot, solvent-free synthesis of a family of cyclic carbonates and the organocatalytic regioselective ring-opening polymerization to polycarbonates, utilization of naturally derived small- and medium-sized lactones and their controlled polymerization into aliphatic polyesters and polyamides as well as chemical recycling methodologies.

From ring-opening reactions to renewable functional materials

Macromolecular Chemistry: The Second Century

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