Triacetic acid lactone conversion to methylene-δ-caprolactone: a renewable monomer for bio-based circular polymer synthesis

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Green Chem., 2026, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D6GC01148A, Paper
Camilo A. Ortega-Vega, Bowei Liu, Francesca D. Eckstrom, Eswara Rao Chokkapu, Eugene Y.-X. Chen, Yuriy Román-Leshkov, Yomaira J. Pagán-Torres
We report a multistep catalytic strategy for converting bio-derived triacetic acid lactone (TAL) into poly(α-methylene-δ-caprolactone) (PMCL), a sustainable PMMA analogue with higher heat resistance and demonstrated chemical recyclability.
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