Renewable Polymers Derived from Limonene

Renewable natural and synthetic basic substances can be used to produce biodegradable polymers. Several methods of the polymerization terpene limonene have been evaluated. The evaluated are radical polymerization, cationic thiol-ene polymerization. free-radical with azobisisobutyronitrile (AIBN) as an initiator was carried out. out using AlCl3 a catalyst. copolymerization mercaptoethanol, 2-mercaptoethyl ether without AIBN studied it also shown that proceed spontaneously. resulting compounds were investigated by NMR FTIR spectroscopy. values molecular weight characteristics samples obtained presented, such as: number-average weight, hydrodynamic radius characteristic viscosity, depending on method production. coefficients α (molecular shape) in Mark–Kuhn–Houwink equation determined according established viscosity. According obtained, AC molecules solution parameters 0.14 0.26, which corresponds good solvent shape-dense coil.