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S3. Síntesis, Caracterización y Modelamiento de Polímeros. Simposio en honor del Dr. Ramiro Guerrero Santos

HARNESSING TERPENES FOR THEMOSETTING POLYMERS DEVELOPMENT: SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF MYRCENE-MODIFIED UNSATURATED POLYESTER
Heriberto Rodríguez Tobías1, Francisco Javier Enriquez Medrano2, Hortensia Maldonado-Textle2, Ramón Enrique Díaz de León Gómez1
1Centro de Investigación en Química Aplicada, Procesos de Polimerización, Mexico. 2Centro de Investigación en Química Aplicada, Química Macromolecular y Nanomateriales, Mexico.


Myrcene shows great potential for developing new polymer-based materials, potentially matching or surpassing the properties of existing alternatives. This study explores the synthesis and application of a myrcene-based monomer in the synthesis of unsaturated polyesters, aiming to fully understand its impact on the polymerization process, curing stages, and the ultimate properties of the resulting materials. The polymerization involving various quantities of myrcene-based monomer with phthalic anhydride, maleic anhydride, propylene glycol, ethylene glycol, and diethylene glycol demonstrated similar trends in conversion rates, molecular mass, and molecular mass distributions of the produced unsaturated polyesters. Moreover, detailed analysis using 1H NMR spectroscopy revealed unique characteristics in the chemical structure of myrcene-modified unsaturated polyesters. Additional investigations, including rheological tests, dynamic and isothermal differential scanning calorimetry, dynamic mechanical analysis, and thermogravimetric analysis, provided deeper insights into the relationship between the developed macromolecular structures and their final performance. These analyses examined the curing behavior, thermomechanical properties, and thermal stability of myrcene-modified unsaturated polyesters, both as solutions in styrene and as highly cured materials.


Keywords: Unsaturated polyesters, Myrcene, Polymerization

Presenting authors email: heriberto.rodriguez@ciqa.edu.mx
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