In the scope of fully bio-based materials development, access to bio-based aromatic amine monomers is one of the main industrial challenges over the coming years.

Abbreviations: 3-cyclohexanedimethanamine (1,3-BAC), 2,5-bis[(2-oxiranylmethoxy)methyl]-benzene (BOB), 2,5-bis[(2-oxiranylmethoxy)-methyl]-furan (BOF), bisphenol A (BPA), 1,3-cyclohexanediamine (1,3-CHDA), carcinogenic, mutagenic and reprotoxic (CMR), 4,4'-diaminodiphenylmethane (DDM), density functional theory (DFT), diglycidyl ether of bisphenol A (DGEBA), dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), isophoronediamine (IPDA), kinetic substitution effect (KSE), m-phenylenediamine (mPDA), m-xylylenediamine (MXDA), non-isocyanate polyurethane (NIPU), nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), polyamide (PA), poly(εcaprolactone) (PCL), poly(diglycidyl ether of bisphenol A) (poly(DGEBA)), poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO), poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA), polyurethane (PU) size-exclusion (SEC), tetrafurane (THF), volatile organic compound (VOC).

A new efficient type I photoinitiator derived from vanillin was synthesized to initiate, according to a green photoinduced process, the free-radical polymerization (FRP) of acrylate monomers in a reduced time and under air. Interestingly, this unprecedented photoinitiator lead to high acrylate conversions even under air, with a higher efficiency than some reference photoinitiating systems commonly used in FRP.

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In this paper, epoxy‐anhydride networks are synthesized from a new product of Cardolite Corporation: the Cardolite GX‐2551 epoxy monomer. Due to the complexity of the GX‐2551 structure, an NMR study is performed first to characterize this new commercial product. This epoxy monomer is then reacted with an anhydride (MHHPA) to form polyepoxide thermosets. After curing, dynamic mechanical and thermal analyses are performed for the different thermosets, and then the results are compared to each other. Practical Applications: The cardanol‐derived epoxy monomer described in this contribution, i.e., fully epoxidized molecular cardanol, is a new fully biobased monomer for further epoxy thermoset synthesis. The resulting polyepoxide networks exhibit much higher thermo‐mechanical properties than previous cardanol‐derived epoxy thermosets. Two cardanol‐based epoxy monomers are fully characterized. The GX2551 is reported for the first time and exhibits a higher renewable carbon content. Both monomers are reacted with hexahydro‐4‐methylphtalic anhydride to yield bio‐based aromatic polyepoxide networks with interesting mechanical and thermal properties.

The alkylation of alcohols and polyols has been investigated with alkylphosphates in the presence of a Lewis or Brønsted acid catalyst. The permethylation of polyols was developed under solvent-free conditions at 100 °C with either iron triflate or Aquivion PW98, affording the isolated products in yields between 52 and 95 %. The methodology was also adjusted to carry out peralkylation with longer alkyl chains.

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Two methods for the preparation of 5-iodo-1,2,3-triazolyl-4-phosphonate were explored. This compound was then functionalized by Suzuki and Stille cross-coupling reaction to obtain 5-aryl-, 5-heteroaryl- or 5-alkenyl-1,2,3-triazolyl-4-phosphonates