Synthesis and properties of biobased epoxy resins. part 1. Glycidylation of flavonoids by epichlorohydrin |
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Authors: | Hélène Nouailhas Chahinez Aouf Christine Le Guerneve Sylvain Caillol Bernard Boutevin Hélène Fulcrand |
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Institution: | 1. Innobat, Cap Alpha, Avenue de l'Europe, 34830 Clapiers, France;2. INRA, UMR1083 Sciences Pour l'Oenologie, F‐34060 Montpellier, France;3. Montpellier SupAgro, UMR1083 Sciences Pour l'Oenologie, F‐34060 Montpellier, France;4. Université Montpellier I, UMR1083 Sciences Pour l'Oenologie, F‐34060 Montpellier, France;5. Institut Charles Gerhardt, UMR CNRS 5253, Equipe Ingénierie et Architectures Macromoléculaires, ENSCM, 8 rue de l'Ecole Normale, 34296 Montpellier Cedex 05, France |
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Abstract: | Biobased epoxy resins were synthesized from a catechin molecule, one of the repetitive units in natural flavonoid biopolymers also named condensed tannins. The reactivity of catechin toward epichlorohydrin to form glycidyl ether derivatives was studied using two model compounds, resorcinol and 4‐methylcatechol, which represent the A and B rings of catechin, respectively. These model molecules clearly showed differences in reactivity upon glycidylation, explaining the results found with catechin monomer. The reaction products were characterized by both FTIR and NMR spectroscopy and chemical assay. The glycidyl ether of catechin (GEC) was successfully cured in various epoxy resin formulations. The GECs thermal properties showed that these new synthesized epoxy resins displayed interesting properties compared to the commercial diglycidyl ether of bisphenol A (DGEBA). For instance, when incorporated up to 50% into the DGEBA resin, GEC did not modify the glass‐transition temperature. Epoxy resins formulated with GEC had slightly lower storage moduli but induced a decrease of the swelling percentage, suggesting that GEC‐enhanced crosslinking in the epoxy resin networks. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem, 2011 |
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Keywords: | polyphenols recycling renewable resources resins thermoplastics |
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