The melt polymerization of diglycerol with anhydrides was investigated as a method to provide a high degree of bio-based content, low E factors, and degradable polyesters.  This approach satisfied a number of green chemistry principles.  For instance, Principle 1 (reduce waste), Principle 2 (atom economy), Principle 4 (less hazardous chemical syntheses), Principle 7 (use of renewable feedstocks), Principle 9 (catalysis), and Principle 10 (design for degradation) were addressed in the synthetic design.

Melt polymerization of diglycerol-based polyesters

248th National Meeting (2014)

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