{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["13(17)"],"submitter":["Rosetto G"],"pubmed_abstract":["Lignin-derived aromatic carboxylic acids can be produced from oxidative catalytic processes and are promising building blocks for performance-advantaged bioproducts that leverage their inherent heteroatom functionalities. Here, we synthesize 2-methoxyterephthalate and 2,6-dimethoxyterephthalate derivatives by electrochemical carboxylation of guaiacyl- and syringyl-derived lignin monomers obtained from the oxidative deconstruction of lignin. These methoxylated terephthalates are evaluated as co-monomers in poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) and as plasticizers that could replace petrochemically-derived isophthalate and phthalate, respectively. Specifically, we co-polymerize 2-methoxy- and 2,6-dimethoxyterephthalate with dimethyl terephthalate to form several PET co-polymers, both of which e"],"journal":["ACS sustainable chemistry & engineering"],"pagination":["6342-6354"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC12376922"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Lignin-Derived Methoxyterephthalates for Performance-Advantaged Polymers and Plasticizers."],"pmcid":["PMC12376922"],"pubmed_authors":["Konev MO","Rorrer NA","Rosetto G","Haugen SJ","Lazarenko D","Liu X","Ramirez KJ","Chism KA","Knott BC","Curley JB","Wernke KM","Stahl SS","Lincoln C","Cardinale L","Hamernik LJ","Beckham GT"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Lignin-Derived Methoxyterephthalates for Performance-Advantaged Polymers and Plasticizers.","description":"Lignin-derived aromatic carboxylic acids can be produced from oxidative catalytic processes and are promising building blocks for performance-advantaged bioproducts that leverage their inherent heteroatom functionalities. Here, we synthesize 2-methoxyterephthalate and 2,6-dimethoxyterephthalate derivatives by electrochemical carboxylation of guaiacyl- and syringyl-derived lignin monomers obtained from the oxidative deconstruction of lignin. These methoxylated terephthalates are evaluated as co-monomers in poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) and as plasticizers that could replace petrochemically-derived isophthalate and phthalate, respectively. Specifically, we co-polymerize 2-methoxy- and 2,6-dimethoxyterephthalate with dimethyl terephthalate to form several PET co-polymers, both of which e","dates":{"release":"2025-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2025 May","modification":"2026-05-09T19:10:00.028Z","creation":"2026-04-08T01:10:36.202Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC12376922","cross_references":{"pubmed":["40855899"],"doi":["10.1021/acssuschemeng.5c01330"]}}