Issue 7, 2007
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Green Chemistry

Synthesis of a novel cardanol-based benzoxazine monomer and environmentally sustainable production of polymers and bio-composites

Emanuela Calò,a   Alfonso Maffezzoli,a   Giuseppe Mele,*a   Francesca Martina,a   Selma E. Mazzetto,b   Antonella Tarziac  and  Cristina Stifanic  

* Corresponding authors

a Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell'Innovazione, Università del Salento, Via Arnesano, Lecce, Italy
E-mail: giuseppe.mele@unile.it
Fax: +39 0832 297279
Tel: +39 0832 297281

b Departamento de Química Orgânica e Inorgânica – Universidade Federal do Ceará-UFC, Caixa Postal 12.200, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil

c CimtecLab s.r.l, via Piave n 10, Monteroni, LE

Abstract

A novel pre-polymer deriving from cardanol—a well known renewable organic resource and harmful by-product of the cashew industry—in combination with cellulose based materials (i.e. jute fibres) has been used to produce bio-composites having a high percentage of renewable materials. Cardanol and its derivatives are considered nowadays very attractive precursors to developing new materials from renewable bio-sources to use in eco-friendly processes. This paper deals with the synthesis and characterization of a novel cardanol based benzoxazine monomer used for the preparation of new bio-composites. The new cardanol-based benzoxazine was characterised by 1H and 13C NMR, FT-IR spectroscopies and LC mass spectrometry analysis, while a differential scanning calorimeter was used to study and monitor the polymerization process. Different bio-composites have been obtained by thermal cure of jute fibres impregnated with a cardanol based benzoxazine resin.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B617180J
Article type
Paper
Submitted
23 Nov 2006
Accepted
27 Feb 2007
First published
19 Mar 2007

Green Chem., 2007,9, 754-759

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Synthesis of a novel cardanol-based benzoxazine monomer and environmentally sustainable production of polymers and bio-composites

E. Calò, A. Maffezzoli, G. Mele, F. Martina, S. E. Mazzetto, A. Tarzia and C. Stifani, Green Chem., 2007, 9, 754 DOI: 10.1039/B617180J

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