Rapeseed Oil as Feedstock for the Polymeric Materials via Michael Addition Reaction
Industrial Crops and Products 2023
Arnis Abolins, Darta Eihe, Ralfs Pomilovskis, Anda Fridrihsone, Mikelis Kirpluks

Rapeseed oil was used to synthesize a Michael donor to obtain polymeric materials after nucleophilic polymerization via Michael reaction. Four different bio-polyols as precursors for the Michael donor monomer synthesis were synthesized from epoxidized rapeseed oil using an oxirane ring-opening reaction. Various alcohols such as methanol, butane-1,4-diol, 2,2′-oxydi(ethan-1-ol), and 2-ethyl-2-(hydroxymethyl)propane-1,3-diol were used to obtain bio-polyols with different OH group functionality. The transesterification reaction between the synthesised bio-polyol hydroxyl groups and tert-butyl acetoacetate ester introduced acetoacetate functional groups into their structure. The acid value, hydroxyl value, viscosity and moisture content of the synthesized polyols and corresponding acetoacetates were analyzed. Size-exclusion chromatography and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy were used to study the chemical structure of polyols and acetoacetates. From developed acetoacetates and commercially available trimethylolpropane triacrylate, bio-based polymers were obtained via carbon-Michael reaction. The different chemical structures and functionalities of the synthesized bio-based monomers allowed for the development of polymer formulations with diverse cross-linking densities. The structural, physical and thermal properties of the developed polymers were analyzed using solid-state NMR, differential scanning calorimetry, dynamic mechanical analysis and thermal gravimetric analysis testing apparatus.


Keywords
Bio-polyols | Epoxidation | Michael donor | Rapeseed oil
DOI
10.1016/j.indcrop.2023.117367
Hyperlink
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0926669023011329?via%3Dihub

Abolins, A., Eihe, D., Pomilovskis, R., Fridrihsone, A., Kirpluks, M. Rapeseed Oil as Feedstock for the Polymeric Materials via Michael Addition Reaction. Industrial Crops and Products, 2023, Vol. 204, Article number 117367. ISSN 0926-6690. Available from: doi:10.1016/j.indcrop.2023.117367

Publication language
English (en)
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