“…Categorizing renewable polyols according to their flexibility, structure (cyclic versus acyclic), functionality (f n ), and type of hydroxyl group (i.e., primary, secondary) provides a convenient method for predicting reactivity, branching, and crosslinking. For instance, the primary alcohols on 1,3-propandediol (PDO) [10] and 1,4-butanediol (BDO) would be expected to be more reactive than the secondary hydroxyl groups on isosorbide. [11] Compared to diols, larger f n values have been achieved with glycerol (f n = 3), [12] soybean oil (SBO) derivatives (f n > 4), [13] soy-castor oil, [14] algal oil, [15] carvone derivatives (f n % 4-5), [16] sorbitol (f n = 6), [17] and sucrose esters (f n = 8).…”