Green Polymerization Methods: Renewable Starting Materials, Catalysis and Waste Reduction

Copyright © 2011 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA

Green Polymerization Methods: Renewable Starting Materials, Catalysis and Waste Reduction

Editor(s): Robert T. Mathers, Michael A. R. Meier

Published Online: 19 MAR 2011 04:14PM EST

Print ISBN: 9783527326259

Online ISBN: 9783527636167

DOI: 10.1002/9783527636167

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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.

Table of contents

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      Front Matter (pages I–XV)

  2. Part I: Introduction

    1. Chapter 1

      Why are Green Polymerization Methods Relevant to Society, Industry, and Academics? (pages 1–7)

      Prof. Dr. Robert T. Mathers and Prof. Dr. Michael A. R. Meier

  3. Part II: Integration of Renewable Starting Materials

    1. Chapter 2

      Plant Oils as Renewable Feedstock for Polymer Science (pages 9–27)

      Prof. Dr. Michael A. R. Meier

    2. Chapter 3

      Furans as Offsprings of Sugars and Polysaccharides and Progenitors of an Emblematic Family of Polymer Siblings (pages 29–56)

      Alessandro Gandini

    3. Chapter 4

      Selective Conversion of Glycerol into Functional Monomers via Catalytic Processes (pages 57–87)

      François Jérôme and Joël Barrault

  4. Part III: Sustainable Reaction Conditions

    1. Chapter 5

      Monoterpenes as Polymerization Solvents and Monomers in Polymer Chemistry (pages 89–128)

      Prof. Dr. Robert T. Mathers and Stewart P. Lewis

    2. Chapter 6

      Controlled and Living Polymerization in Water: Modern Methods and Application to Bio-Synthetic Hybrid Materials (pages 129–142)

      Debasis Samanta, Katrina Kratz and Todd Emrick

    3. Chapter 7

      Towards Sustainable Solution Polymerization: Biodiesel as a Polymerization Solvent (pages 143–161)

      Marc A. Dubé and Somaieh Salehpour

  5. Part IV: Catalytic Processes

    1. Chapter 8

      Ring-Opening Polymerization of Renewable Six-Membered Cyclic Carbonates. Monomer Synthesis and Catalysis (pages 163–200)

      Donald J. Darensbourg, Adriana I. Moncada and Stephanie J. Wilson

    2. Chapter 9

      Poly(lactide)s as Robust Renewable Materials (pages 201–220)

      Jan M. Becker and Andrew P. Dove

    3. Chapter 10

      Synthesis of Saccharide-Derived Functional Polymers (pages 221–234)

      Julian Thimm and Joachim Thiem

    4. Chapter 11

      Degradable and Biodegradable Polymers by Controlled/Living Radical Polymerization: From Synthesis to Application (pages 235–261)

      Nicolay V. Tsarevsky

  6. Part V: Biomimetic Methods and Biocatalysis

    1. Chapter 12

      High-Performance Polymers from Phenolic Biomonomers (pages 263–290)

      Tatsuo Kaneko

    2. Chapter 13

      Enzymatic Polymer Synthesis in Green Chemistry (pages 291–311)

      Andreas Heise and Inge van der Meulen

    3. Chapter 14

      Green Cationic Polymerizations and Polymer Functionalization for Biotechnology (pages 313–347)

      Judit E. Puskas, Chengching K. Chiang and Mustafa Y. Sen

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      Index (pages 349–363)

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