Issue 5, 2024

Synthetic urushiols from biorenewable carbon resources: chemical conversion of enzymatic degradation products of wood lignin to an ancient yet future coating material

Abstract

An artificial urushi material was developed by chemical transformations of phenylpropanoids available from enzymatic degradation of woody lignin, demonstrating the potential of renewable biomass in materials science and technology. The succeeding five-step organic synthesis brings about new urushiol analogs, which possess curing and coating properties, such as hardness, comparable to those of the precious natural urushi materials. The present study exemplifies the application of woody biomass to the synthesis of sustainable and high-performance coating materials.

Graphical abstract: Synthetic urushiols from biorenewable carbon resources: chemical conversion of enzymatic degradation products of wood lignin to an ancient yet future coating material

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
01 Dec 2023
Accepted
24 Mar 2024
First published
25 Mar 2024
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

RSC Sustain., 2024,2, 1358-1362

Synthetic urushiols from biorenewable carbon resources: chemical conversion of enzymatic degradation products of wood lignin to an ancient yet future coating material

K. Isozaki, H. Matsuda, R. Agata, J. Jeon, B. Wu, F. Pincella, M. Ikenaga, Y. Tachibana, Y. Ohta and M. Nakamura, RSC Sustain., 2024, 2, 1358 DOI: 10.1039/D3SU00446E

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