Biobased chiral semi-crystalline or amorphous high-performance polyamides and their scalable stereoselective synthesis

New Bio‐Polyamides from Terpenes: α‐Pinene and (+)‐3‐Carene as Valuable Resources for Lactam Production

(2019) Paul N. Stockmann et al.   MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

Polyamide/PEG Blends as Biocompatible Biomaterials for the Convenient Regulation of Cell Adhesion and Growth

(2019) Malte Winnacker et al.   MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

The quest for high glass transition temperature bioplastics

(2018) Ha Thi Hoang Nguyen et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Plant-Oil-Based Polyamides and Polyurethanes: Toward Sustainable Nitrogen-Containing Thermoplastic Materials

(2018) Michael A. R. Meier   MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

Development of a lipase-mediated epoxidation process for monoterpenes in choline chloride-based deep eutectic solvents

(2017) Sumanth Ranganathan et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Examples of xylochemistry: colorants and polymers

(2017) Jonas Kühlborn et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

An alternative approach towards poly-ε-caprolactone through a chemoenzymatic synthesis: combined hydrogenation, bio-oxidations and polymerization without the isolation of intermediates

(2017) Severin Wedde et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Sustainable, Stereoregular, and Optically Active Polyamides via Cationic Polymerization of ε-Lactams Derived from the Terpene β-Pinene

(2017) Malte Winnacker et al.   MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

Semiaromatic Polyesters Derived from Renewable Terpene Oxides with High Glass Transitions

(2017) Leticia Peña Carrodeguas et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Monomer design strategies to create natural product-based polymer materials

(2017) Samantha L. Kristufek et al.   NATURAL PRODUCT REPORTS

Polymerisation of a terpene-derived lactone: a bio-based alternative to ε-caprolactone

(2017) Helena C. Quilter et al.   Polymer Chemistry

Rhenium complex-catalyzed Meinwald rearrangement reactions of oxiranes

(2017) Rui Umeda et al.   TETRAHEDRON LETTERS

A Lewis acid β-diiminato-zinc-complex as all-rounder for co- and terpolymerisation of various epoxides with carbon dioxide

(2017) M. Reiter et al.   Chemical Science

Bio-based polycarbonate from limonene oxide and CO2 with high molecular weight, excellent thermal resistance, hardness and transparency

(2016) O. Hauenstein et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Sustainable Chiral Polyamides with High Melting Temperature via Enhanced Anionic Polymerization of a Menthone-Derived Lactam

(2016) Malte Winnacker et al.   MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

Biobased Polyamides: Recent Advances in Basic and Applied Research

(2016) Malte Winnacker et al.   MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

Alternating Copolymerization of Propylene Oxide and Cyclohexene Oxide with Tricyclic Anhydrides: Access to Partially Renewable Aliphatic Polyesters with High Glass Transition Temperatures

(2016) Maria J. Sanford et al.   MACROMOLECULES

A facile and green route to terpene derived acrylate and methacrylate monomers and simple free radical polymerisation to yield new renewable polymers and coatings

(2016) M. F. Sainz et al.   Polymer Chemistry

Bio-based polycarbonate as synthetic toolbox

(2016) O. Hauenstein et al.   Nature Communications

Alternating Copolymerization of Propylene Oxide with Biorenewable Terpene-Based Cyclic Anhydrides: A Sustainable Route to Aliphatic Polyesters with High Glass Transition Temperatures

(2015) Nathan J. Van Zee et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Bio-Based Polyketones by Selective Ring-Opening Radical Polymerization of α-Pinene-Derived Pinocarvone

(2015) Hisanari Miyaji et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Recent Progress in Sustainable Polymers Obtained from Cyclic Terpenes: Synthesis, Properties, and Application Potential

(2015) Malte Winnacker et al.   ChemSusChem

Bio-based, amorphous polyamides with tunable thermal properties

(2015) Juliën L.J. van Velthoven et al.   EUROPEAN POLYMER JOURNAL

A one pot reaction cascade of in situ hydrogen peroxide production and lipase mediated in situ production of peracids for the epoxidation of monoterpenes

(2015) Sumanth Ranganathan et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR CATALYSIS B-ENZYMATIC

Meinwald-type rearrangement of monosubstituted epoxides to methyl ketones using an [Al porphyrin]+[Co(CO)4]− catalyst

(2015) Jessica R. Lamb et al.   Organic Chemistry Frontiers

Catalytic, regioselective, and green methods for rearrangement of 1,2-diaryl epoxides to carbonyl compounds employing metallic triflates, Brønsted-acidic ionic liquids (ILs), and IL/microwave; experimental and computational substituent effect study on aryl versus hydrogen migration

(2014) Arezu Jamalian et al.   APPLIED CATALYSIS A-GENERAL

Theoretical Study on the BF3-Catalyzed Meinwald Rearrangement Reaction

(2014) José Marı́a Fraile et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Synthesis of Novel Sustainable Oligoamides Via Ring-Opening Polymerization of Lactams Based on (−)-Menthone

(2014) Malte Winnacker et al.   MACROMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS

Sustainable Thermoplastic Elastomers from Terpene-Derived Monomers

(2014) Justin M. Bolton et al.   ACS Macro Letters

Renewable polyamides and polyurethanes derived from limonene

(2012) Maulidan Firdaus et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Green Polymer Chemistry and Bio-based Plastics: Dreams and Reality

(2012) Rolf Mülhaupt   MACROMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS

Progress in Renewable Polymers from Natural Terpenes, Terpenoids, and Rosin

(2012) Perry A. Wilbon et al.   MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

AuCl3/AgSbF6-catalyzed rapid epoxide to carbonyl rearrangement

(2012) Vanajakshi Gudla et al.   TETRAHEDRON LETTERS

Synthesis and Polymerizability of Atom-Bridged Bicyclic Monomers

(2012) Henry Hall   Polymers

Caprolactam from Renewable Resources: Catalytic Conversion of 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural into Caprolactone

(2011) Teddy Buntara et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Novel, Fully Biobased Semicrystalline Polyamides

(2011) Lidia Jasinska et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Tandem synthesis of alternating polyesters from renewable resources

(2011) Carine Robert et al.   Nature Communications

Syntheses of the Optically Active Terpene Hydroxyphenylselenides

(2009) Jacek Ścianowski et al.   PHOSPHORUS SULFUR AND SILICON AND THE RELATED ELEMENTS