<br/>The current world consumption of polymer based materials such as plastics goes against the depletion of fossil resources, thus the synthesis of more sustainable thermoplastics polymers from renewable feedstocks is no longer an option.<br/>DiVinylGlycol (DVG), a C6 vicinal diol obtained from glycerol, represents one potential molecule platform to provide original bio-sourced polymers. In this study, the polymerizability of DVG through various polymerization methodologies was investigated in order to design new bio-sourced polymers with original physico-chemical and thermo-mechanical properties. Hence, we recently investigated the synthesis of bio-based polyesters and copolyesters using differents di-esters to form polymers with pendant reactive vinyl groups.<br/>In this presentation, we will discuss the synthesis of these new polymers and the study of their thermo-mechanical properties, and then the post-functionalization of the pendant double bonds will be broached.

Glycerol-based divinylglycol as platform synthon for new bio-sourced polymers

254th National Meeting (2017)

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