RDRP (Meth)acrylic Homo and Block Polymers from Lignocellulosic Sugar Derivatives

Currently, most commodity chemicals and polymers are manufactured from nonrenewable petroleum-based resources. However, due to its finite nature social claims about environment preservation, alternative sources of value-added building block being intensively studied. Renewable lignocellulosic biomass has offered an attractive replacement for fossil-based chemicals. Lignin C5/C6 sugars obtained through chemical enzymatic methods can be further transformed targeted platforms. In the present review, synthetic pathways well-defined poly(meth)acrylates sugar-derived platforms in which sugar structure is not retained discussed. While bio-based these monomers investigated using a wide range polymerization techniques, this study focuses on precise synthesis macromolecular structures taking advantage reversible-deactivation radical their applications.