Non-conventional features of plant oil-based acrylic monomers in emulsion polymerization

Ananiy Kohut, Stanislav Voronov, Zoriana Demchuk, Vasylyna Kirianchuk, Kyle Kingsley, Oleg Shevchuk, Sylvain Caillol, Andriy Voronov

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Abstract

In recent years, polymer chemistry has experienced an intensive development of a new field regarding the synthesis of aliphatic and aromatic biobased monomers obtained from renewable plant sources. A one-step process for the synthesis of new vinyl monomers by the reaction of direct transesterification of plant oil triglycerides with N-(hydroxyethyl)acrylamide has been recently invented to yield plant oil-based monomers (POBMs). The features of the POBM chemical structure, containing both a polar (hydrophilic) fragment capable of electrostatic interactions, and hydrophobic acyl fatty acid moieties (C15-C17) capable of van der Waals interactions, ensures the participation of the POBMs fragments of polymers in intermolecular interactions before and during polymerization. The use of the POBMs with different unsaturations in copolymerization reactions with conventional vinyl monomers allows for obtaining copolymers with enhanced hydrophobicity, provides a mechanism of internal plasticization and control of crosslinking degree. Synthesized latexes and latex polymers are promising candidates for the formation of hydrophobic polymer coatings with controlled physical and mechanical properties through the targeted control of the content of different POBM units with different degrees of unsaturation in the latex polymers.

Original languageEnglish
Article number2990
JournalMolecules
Volume25
Issue number13
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 2020
Externally publishedYes

Funding

ND EPSCoR RII Track 1 ((IIA-1355466), North Dakota Department of Commerce, North Dakota Department of Agriculture, United Soybean Board.

FundersFunder number
North Dakota Department of Agriculture, United Soybean Board
North Dakota Department of Commerce

    Keywords

    • Biobased polymers
    • Emulsion polymerization
    • Methyl-β-cyclodextrin inclusion complex
    • Mixed micelles
    • Plant oil-based monomers

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