A New Semicrystalline Polymer from Renewable Source: Poly-1,4-(3-methylene-cyclopentene) as an Example of Three-Dimensional Topotactic Transition Triggered by Temperature
Claudia Napolitano,
Veronica Paradiso,
Marco Naddeo
et al.
Abstract:In search for biobased alternatives to fossil-based polymers, a synthetic approach is developed that allows the polymerization of a terpene-derived monomer, 3-methylenecyclopentene (MCP), to poly-1,4-MCP (pMCP) with a high yield and elevated molecular mass. The so-obtained pMCP is regioregular, has an endocyclic double bond/monomer in a fixed cis configuration, and is characterized by random enchainment of monomers with the tertiary C atom in R and S configurations. Yet, it crystallizes from the melt with chai… Show more
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