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MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS
Volume 40, Issue 11, Pages -Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/marc.201800903
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amorphicity; bio-based; polyamides; ring-opening polymerization; terpenes
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The synthesis and polymerization of two beta-lactams and two epsilon-lactams derived from the terpenes a-pinene and (+)-3-carene are reported. The new biopolymers can be considered as polyamide 2 (PA2) and polyamide 6 (PA6)-types with aliphatic stereoregular side chains, which lead to remarkable new properties. The macromolecules are investigated by gel permeation chromatography (GPC), nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), and infrared (IR). The (+)-3-carene-derived PA6-type is of particular interest, since it reaches a molecular weight of over 30 kDa, which is the highest value for lactam-based polyamides derived from terpenes reported to date. Additionally, a glass transition temperature (T-g) of 120 degrees C is observed, surpassing the glass transition temperature of PA6 by 60 degrees C. The absence of a melting point (T-m) indicates high amorphicity, another novelty for terpene-based polyamides, which might give transparent bio-polyamides access to new fields of application.
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