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New renewably-sourced polyesters from limonene-derived monomers
Thomsett, Megan R.,Moore, Jonathan C.,Buchard, Antoine,Stockman, Robert A.,Howdle, Steven M.
supporting information, p. 149 - 156 (2019/01/11)
The functionalisation of limonene has enabled the synthesis of two renewably-sourced monomers for the formation of terpene-derived polyesters. Three methods for the synthesis of the novel hydroxy-acid 6 are reported and their green-credentials scrutinised through comparison of their sustainability-metrics. Step-growth homo-polymerisation of 6 is demonstrated to yield a low molecular weight (2.6 kDa) novel polyester with 100% of its carbon content originating from the terpene starting material. The corresponding diol 2 is shown to act as a co-monomer with a renewable diacid. The resultant polyesters display impressive Mns of up to 30 kDa with Tgs between -6 and 24 °C. These materials have been shown to depolymerise under basic conditions for reclamation of the diol monomer 2.
Total Synthesis and Stereochemistry of (+)-Phyllanthocindiol
McGuirk, Paul R.,Collum, David B.
, p. 843 - 852 (2007/10/02)
The total synthesis of (+)-phyllanthocindiol starting with (S)-(+)-3-hydroxy-2-methylpropanoic acid and (S)-(-)-perilla aldehyde is reported.The totally enantioselective sequence elucidated the relative and absolute stereochemistry of (+)-phyllanthocindio
