Amino acids as bio-organocatalysts in ring-opening copolymerization for eco-friendly synthesis of biobased oligomers from vegetable oils
Francisca Werlinger, Monserrat Beroíza-Duhart, Oscar A. Douglas‐Gallardo, Silvia Oyarzo‐Aro, Maria Luisa Valenzuela, Oleksandra S. Trofymchuk, Mario E. Flores, Javier Martínez
Abstract
isomer exclusively for the MA based-oligomer within the same synthetic framework. The obtained oligomers were extensively characterized using techniques including NMR, FT-IR, GPC and TGA. A series of computational simulations based on density functional theory (DFT) and post-Hartree Fock (post-HF) methods were performed to corroborate our experimental findings and to obtain an understanding of the reaction mechanisms.
Topics & Concepts
Environmentally friendlyCopolymerOrganic chemistryRing (chemistry)ChemistryAmino acidPolymer chemistryBiochemistryPolymerBiologyEcologybiodegradable polymer synthesis and propertiesCarbon dioxide utilization in catalysisCatalysis for Biomass Conversion