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).