@article { ISI:000340017000020,
	title = {Sustainable polyacetals from isohexides},
	journal = { Green Chemistry},
	volume = {16},
	number = {8},
	year = {2014},
	month = {AUG},
	pages = {3810-3818},
	publisher = {ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY},
	address = {THOMAS GRAHAM HOUSE, SCIENCE PARK, MILTON RD, CAMBRIDGE CB4 0WF, CAMBS, ENGLAND},
	abstract = {<p>A single step synthetic protocol to access a small family of renewable diacetals was established. The resultant chiral diacetals are valuable building blocks in pharmaceuticals and materials science. To demonstrate their synthetic competence, isohexide-diacetals (2a-c) were subjected to acetal metathesis polymerization and the corresponding polymers (poly2a-c) were isolated as white solids with molecular weights in the range 3200-27 600 (g mol(-1)). The semi-crystalline polymers displayed glass transition temperatures between 38-65 degrees C and melting temperatures in the range 103-156 degrees C. The isohexide derived polyacetats are stable under practical washing and rinsing conditions but degrade in slightly acidic media.</p>},
	issn = {1463-9262},
	doi = {10.1039/c4gc00543k},
	author = {Rajput, B. S. and Gaikwad, S. R. and Menon, Shamal K. and Chikkali, Samir H.}
}
