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Two bio-based seven-membered cyclic carbonate monomers M1 and M2 were synthesized in three steps from myrcene, which could produce polycarbonates via ring-opening polymerization using metal or organic catalysts. The functionalizable olefin moieties in resulting polycarbonates have driven post-polymerization modifications via radical cross-linking and hydrogenation, enabling the resulting polymers with tunable thermal properties. More importantly, the chemical recycling of P(M)s was achieved through “monomer → polymer ⇄ dimer”, which presented a platform for the synthesis of chemically recyclable biobased polycarbonates.
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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.22071163) and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of China (Nos.YJ201924, YJ202209).
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Wu, Y., Fan, H., Shan, S. et al. Functionalizable and Recyclable Aliphatic Polycarbonates Derived from Biomass Feedstocks and CO2. Chem. Res. Chin. Univ. 39, 809–815 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40242-023-3165-3
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