Waxes from Long-Chain Aliphatic Difunctional Monomers.

ABSTRACT: Petrochemical polyethylene waxes (M_n = 800-8000 g/mol for commercial Ziegler waxes) as additives, lubricants, and release agents are essential to numerous products and production processes. The biodegradability of this class of compounds when unintentionally released to the environment is molar mass dependent and subject to ongoing discussions, and alternatives to conventional polyethylene waxes are desirable. By employing bottom-up and top-down approaches, that is nonstoichiometric A₂ + B₂ polycondensation and chain scission, respectively, linear waxes with multiple in-chain ester groups as biodegradation break points could be obtained. Specifically, waxes with 12,12 (WLE-12,12, WLE = waxes linear ester) and 2,18 (WLE-2,18) carbon atom linear ester

SUBMITTER: Eck M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10685719 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature