Synthetic polymers (300 Mtons per year) have become an integral part of our modern technological society. They are mainly used in the packaging, textiles, adhesives, coatings, medicine, electronics, cosmetics, etc. As fossil feedstock runs low, the role of chemists is now to develop green chemistry and environmentally friendly alternatives to access bio-sourced polymers. Vegetable oils have a large potential to provide renewable chemicals, thanks to their availability, sustainability and biodegradability. The latter bring different functional groups (esters, unsaturations) that can be derivatized to design novel well-defined functional building blocks for the synthesis of speciality polymers. In this talk, recent investigations performed at the LCPO in the field of bio-based polyurethanes and polyesters will be presented.

Vegetable-based building blocks for the synthesis of renewable polyurethanes and polyesters

248th National Meeting (2014)

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