Sustainable synthesis of CO<sub>2</sub>-derived polycarbonates from <scp>d</scp>-xylose
David K. Tran, Ahmed Z. Rashad, Donald J. Darensbourg, Karen L. Wooley
Abstract
Synthetic transformation of d -xylose into a four-membered cyclic ether allows for reactions with CO 2 leading to linear polycarbonates by either ring-opening copolymerisation directly or by isolation of a six-membered cyclic carbonate followed by ring-opening polymerisation.
Topics & Concepts
XyloseChemistryRing (chemistry)EtherCarbonatePolymer chemistryTransformation (genetics)Ring-opening polymerizationPolymerizationOrganic chemistryCombinatorial chemistryPolymerBiochemistryGeneFermentationCarbon dioxide utilization in catalysisbiodegradable polymer synthesis and propertiesCatalysis for Biomass Conversion