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ArticlePolymers2025

An Integrated Biorefinery Proof of Concept: The Synthesis of Fully Bio-Based, Functional Lignin Polyester Copolymers of Cyclic Anhydrides and Epoxides Towards Polyol Applications and Tunable Bio-Derived Materials.

Oliver J Driscoll, Daniel J van de Pas, Kirk M Torr, Hayden P Thomas, Richard Vendamme, Elias Feghali

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Article in Polymers, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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6 authors.

Oliver J DriscollSustainable Polymer Technologies Team, Flemish Institute for Technological Research (Vito N.V.), Boeretang 200, 2400 Mol, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-1604-2534
Daniel J van de PasScion Group, Bioeconomy Science Institute, Titokorangi Drive, Private Bag 3020, Rotorua 3046, New Zealand.ORCID 0000-0002-6415-9569
Kirk M TorrScion Group, Bioeconomy Science Institute, Titokorangi Drive, Private Bag 3020, Rotorua 3046, New Zealand.ORCID 0000-0002-1989-8952
Hayden P ThomasScion Group, Bioeconomy Science Institute, Titokorangi Drive, Private Bag 3020, Rotorua 3046, New Zealand.ORCID 0009-0002-4838-5387
Richard VendammeSustainable Polymer Technologies Team, Flemish Institute for Technological Research (Vito N.V.), Boeretang 200, 2400 Mol, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-8931-0851
Elias FeghaliSustainable Polymer Technologies Team, Flemish Institute for Technological Research (Vito N.V.), Boeretang 200, 2400 Mol, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0003-1561-3259

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Abstract

A versatile, sustainable feedstock pathway to bio-based polymeric materials was developed utilizing lignin biomass and the ring-opening copolymerization (ROCOP) of cyclic anhydrides and epoxides to synthesize functional, lignin-derived, fully bio-based polyester polyols. The initial goal was to make the ROCOP reaction more applicable to bio-derived starting materials and more attractive to commercialization by conducting the polymerization under less constrained and industrially relevant conditions in air and without the extensive purification of reagents, catalysts, or solvents, typically used in the literature. A refined ROCOP system was applied as a powerful tool in lignin valorization by successfully synthesizing the lignin-derived copolyester prepolymers from lignin models and depolymerized native lignin sourced from the reductive catalytic fractionation of

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bioplasticbiorefinerycopolymerizationcyclic anhydridedepolymerized ligninepoxideligninlignin valorizationpolyesterpolymerpolyolpolyurethaneROCOPROCOP valorization

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PMID41150347
PMCPMC12567910

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