TY  - JOUR
A1  - Matic, Aleksandar
A1  - Hess, Andreas
A1  - Schanzenbach, Dirk
A1  - Schlaad, Helmut
T1  - Epoxidized 1,4-polymyrcene
JF  - Polymer chemistry
N2  - 1,4-Polymyrcene was synthesized by anionic polymerization and epoxidized using meta-chloroperbenzoic acid. Samples with different degrees of epoxidation (25%, 49%, 74%, and 98%) were prepared and examined according to their chemical and thermal properties. Epoxidation was found to increase the glass transition temperature (T-g = 14 degrees C for the 98% epoxidized 1,4-polymyrcene) as well as the shelf live (>10 months). The trisubstituted epoxide groups were remarkably stable against nucleophiles under basic conditions but cross-linked or hydrolyzed in the presence of an acid. Also, highly epoxidized 1,4-polymyrcene readily cross-linked upon annealing at 260 degrees C to produce an epoxy resin.
KW  - comb poly(beta-myrcene)-graft-poly(l-lactide) copolymers
KW  - thermoplastic elastomer synthesis
KW  - myrcen
KW  - polymerization
KW  - epoxidation
Y1  - 2020
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1039/c9py01783f
SN  - 1759-9954
SN  - 1759-9962
VL  - 11
IS  - 7
SP  - 1364
EP  - 1368
PB  - Royal Society of Chemistry
CY  - Cambridge
ER  -