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Research Project: Circular Bio-economy via Value-Added Biobased Products

Location: Plant Polymer Research

Title: Use of the biobased compound, Eugenol, for the production of oxidatively-cured coatings

Author
item Chisholm, Bret
item KALITA, DEEP - North Dakota State University
item TARNAVCHYK, IHOR - North Dakota State University
item Kim, Sanghoon
item Liu, Zengshe
item Forson, Kelton
item Biswas, Atanu

Submitted to: American Chemical Society Abstracts
Publication Type: Abstract Only
Publication Acceptance Date: 8/18/2024
Publication Date: 8/18/2024
Citation: Chisholm, B.J., Kalita, D., Tarnavchyk, I., Kim, S., Liu, Z., Forson, K.G., Biswas, A. 2024. Use of the biobased compound, Eugenol, for the production of oxidatively-cured coatings [abstract]. American Chemical Society Abstracts.

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: Due to the presence of unsaturated alkyl chains, many compounds derived from biomass have the potential to enable the production of coating resins that can be crosslinked by the process of autoxidation. Crosslinking/cure by autoxidation is desirable in that one-component, ambient-cured coatings, can be produced which provides considerable convenience and energy savings. Alkyd coatings, which are partially based on seed oils, represent a very important class of one-component, ambient-cured coatings that cure by autoxidation. The author’s have developed a new technology for the production of oxidatively-curable coatings that utilizes the renewable compound, eugenol. Eugenol is an essential oil that is the major constituent of clove oil and can potentially be obtained from the depolymerization of lignin. Several novel polymers and oligomers have been derived from eugenol and shown to enable the production of high-value coatings by oxidative curing. Compared to alkyd coatings, coatings derived from eugenol-based polymers/ oligomers show dramatically better resistance to hydrolytic degradation. In addition, eugenol-based polymers/oligomers can be produced at relatively mild temperatures and short reactions times compared to alkyd resins. Further, it was demonstrated this technology enables coating properties to be easily tailored to suit a wide variety of applications.