Green polymerization methods [[electronic resource] ] : renewable starting materials, catalysis and waste reduction / / edited by Robert T. Mathers and Michael A.R. Meier

• Pubblicazione: Weinheim, Germany, : Wiley-VCH Verlag; [Chichester, UK, : John Wiley, distributor], c2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (381 p.)
• Disciplina: 668.9; 668.92
• Soggetto topico: Polymerization - Environmental aspects; Chemical reactions - Environmental aspects
• Altri autori: MathersRobert T MeierMichael A. R
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Green Polymerization Methods; Contents; List of Contributors; Part I Introduction; 1 Why are Green Polymerization Methods Relevant to Society, Industry, and Academics?; 1.1 Status and Outlook for Environmentally Benign Processes; 1.2 Importance of Catalysis; 1.3 Brief Summaries of Contributions; References; Part II Integration of Renewable Starting Materials; 2 Plant Oils as Renewable Feedstock for Polymer Science; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Cross-Linked Materials; 2.3 Non-Cross-Linked Polymers; 2.3.1 Monomer Synthesis; 2.3.2 Polymer Synthesis; 2.4 Conclusion; References ; 3 Furans as Offsprings of Sugars and Polysaccharides and Progenitors of an Emblematic Family of Polymer Siblings3.1 Introduction; 3.2 First Generation Furans and their Conversion into Monomers; 3.2.1 Furfural and Derivatives; 3.2.2 Monomers from Furfural; 3.2.3 Hydroxymethylfurfural; 3.3 Polymers from Furfuryl Alcohol; 3.4 Conjugated Polymers and Oligomers; 3.5 Polyesters; 3.6 Polyamides; 3.7 Polyurethanes; 3.8 Furyl Oxirane; 3.9 Application of the Diels-Alder Reaction to Furan Polymers; 3.9.1 Linear Polymerizations; 3.9.2 Non-Linear Polymerizations; 3.9.3 Reversible Polymer Cross-Linking ; 3.9.4 Miscellaneous Systems3.10 Conclusions; References; 4 Selective Conversion of Glycerol into Functional Monomers via Catalytic Processes; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Conversion of Glycerol into Glycerol Carbonate; 4.3 Conversion of Glycerol into Acrolein/Acrylic Acid; 4.4 Conversion of Glycerol into Glycidol; 4.5 Oxidation of Glycerol to Functional Carboxylic Acid; 4.5.1 Catalytic Oxidation of Glycerol to Glyceric Acid; 4.5.2 Oxidative-Assisted Polymerization of Glycerol; 4.5.2.1 Cationic Polymerization; 4.5.2.2 Anionic Polymerization; 4.6 Conversion of Glycerol into Acrylonitrile ; 4.7 Selective Conversion of Glycerol into Propylene Glycol4.7.1 Conversion of Glycerol into Propylene Glycol; 4.7.1.1 Reaction in the Liquid Phase; 4.7.1.2 Reaction in the Gas Phase; 4.7.2 Conversion of Glycerol into 1,3-Propanediol; 4.8 Selective Coupling of Glycerol with Functional Monomers; 4.9 Conclusion; References; Part III Sustainable Reaction Conditions; 5 Monoterpenes as Polymerization Solvents and Monomers in Polymer Chemistry; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Monoterpenes as Monomers; 5.2.1 Terpenic Resins Overview; 5.2.2 Concepts of Cationic Olefin Polymerization ; 5.2.3 Cationic Polymerization of β-Pinene5.2.4 Cationic Polymerization of Dipentene; 5.2.5 Cationic Polymerization of α-Pinene; 5.2.6 Characteristics of Terpenic Resins; 5.2.7 Applications of Terpenic Resins; 5.2.8 Commercial Production and Markets of Terpenic Resins; 5.2.9 Environmental Aspects of Terpenic Resin Production; 5.3 Monoterpenes as Solvents and Chain Transfer Agents; 5.3.1 Possibilities for Replacing Petroleum Solvents; 5.3.2 Ring-Opening Polymerizations in Monoterpenes; 5.3.3 Metallocene Polymerizations in Monoterpenes; 5.4 Conclusion; Acknowledgments; References ; 6 Controlled and Living Polymerization in Water: Modern Methods and Application to Bio-Synthetic Hybrid Materials
• Sommario/riassunto: This first book to cover the topic in such great detail summarizes and evaluates the latest developments in green polymerization methods. Leading experts in the field discuss new every aspect -- from renewable materials to waste reduction, and from biocatalysis to solvent-free methods.Of high interest to polymer, synthetic and material scientists in academia and industry.
• Titolo autorizzato: Green polymerization methods
• ISBN: 1-283-86965-9; 3-527-63617-X; 3-527-63618-8; 3-527-63616-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910840534803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II