SYNTHESIS AND MODIFICATION OF CARBON DIOXIDE COPOLYMER FROM RENEWABLE RESOURCE

摘要

@@Since the pioneering work from Inoue for the copolymerization of propylene oxide (PO) and carbon dioxide,1 great progress has been achieved for copolymerization of carbon dioxide with epoxide,2 especially in catalyst design and polymerization method. Though over 60% cost of carbon dioxideepoxide copolymer comes from epoxide produced from petroleum, relatively few attention has been paid on the choice of epoxide, especially on those from renewable resources. Recently, the later becomes increasing important due to the strategy of sustainability and concern of heavy dependence of polymer industry on petroleum.