Abstract
Synthetic polymers have a key role in modern society as they have allowed for great technological advancement since their discovery. However, the use of fossil-fuel-based raw materials and the pollution derived from plastics accumulation in the environment raised enormous concern, driving research efforts toward the identification of more sustainable alternatives. Bio-based functional molecules susceptible to ring-opening (co)polymerisation [RO(C)OP], such as lactones, cyclic carbonates, and oxiranes, represent an attractive source of monomers for the synthesis of more sustainable polymers. In this review, we describe the main advancement in this research field reported during the last seven years. In particular, we describe the preparation of monomers from (renewable) bio-sources such as sugars, terpenes, fatty acids, and carbon dioxide with a focus on structurally novel substrates. Both metal-mediated and organo-catalytic RO(CO)P methods are described, and the properties of derived functional polymers are discussed when relevant.
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