Limonene as a renewable unsaturated hydrocarbon solvent for living anionic polymerization of β-myrcene
Akhil Dev, Alexander Rösler, Helmut Schlaad
Abstract
The acyclic monoterpene β-myrcene is polymerized by living anionic polymerization at room temperature using the cyclic monoterpene limonene as an unsaturated hydrocarbon solvent.
Topics & Concepts
MyrceneLimoneneMonoterpeneChemistryPolymerizationSolventHydrocarbonOrganic chemistryChromatographyEssential oilPolymerChemistry and Chemical EngineeringCarbon dioxide utilization in catalysisBiochemical and biochemical processes