Synthesis of Tung Oil Anhydride-Ester Polyol

摘要

Tung oil is a special biomass resource in China. Tung Oil has the characteristic to be transformed into serial derivatives for its active Conjugated double bond. Especially, tung oil anhydride-ester polyol (TOAEP) can be used as substitute of polyester polyol and/or polyether polyol in the synthesis and modification of polyurethane materials. Through esterification and transesterification, methyl-α-eleostearate-maleic anhydride adduct (MEMAA), a derivative of tung oil, was reacted with ethylene glycol and tung oil anhydride-ester polyol (TOAEP) was obtained. The optimal preparation condition are as follows: p-toluene sufonic acid is used as the catalyst, mole ratio of ethylene glycol to MEMAA is 4:1, reaction temperature is 120°C ~130°C, reaction duration is 8 h. Under the optimal preparation conditions, the yield of TOAEP is up to 88.8% and the hydroxyl value is up to 318.0 mg KOH/g. The structure of TOAEP was confirmed by Infrared spectroscopy (IR).