Building biobased, degradable, flexible polymer networks from vanillin <i>via</i> thiol–ene “click” photopolymerization
Meiying Ge, Jia‐Tao Miao, Kai Zhang, Yadong Wu, Longhui Zheng, Lixin Wu
Abstract
A new biobased allyl ether monomer with acetal groups is synthesized from renewable vanillin for building flexible transparent thiol–ene networks with good degradability under mild acidic conditions.
Topics & Concepts
VanillinMonomerEne reactionPhotopolymerAcetalThiolClick chemistryEtherPolymer chemistryPolymerChemistryOrganic chemistryPolymer scienceCarbon dioxide utilization in catalysisbiodegradable polymer synthesis and propertiesBiochemical and biochemical processes