01736nas a2200169   4500008004100000022001400041245008100055210006900136260000800205300001400213490000700227520114900234100002201383700002601405700002401431856011101455       2021                        eng d  a1463-926200aRefining plant oils and sugars to platform chemicals, monomers, and polymers0 aRefining plant oils and sugars to platform chemicals monomers an  cMAY  a4255-42950 v233 a<p>As fossil resources continue to dwindle and environmental concerns are magnified, finding sustainable alternatives is the only way to mitigate resource availability and derisk the planet. The principles of Green Chemistry may provide guidance in this case, and renewable resources can be converted into useful platform chemicals, monomers, and polymers. This critical review examines the possibility of utilizing renewable plant oils and sugars to produce feedstock chemicals, monomers, and polymers. Among the seven isomerizing functionalization reactions of plant oils, isomerizing alkoxycarbonylation displays the highest terminal selectivity. Despite the low reactivity of sugar-derived isohexides, new strategies have been deployed to convert isohexides into difunctional monomers and polymers. The commercialization of isohexides and a few polymers derived from these building blocks has just commenced. Thus, challenges associated with isomerizing functionalization of plant oils and the use of sugar-derived isohexides in chemical syntheses have been summarized, and the potential of these renewable resources has been evaluated.</p>1 aPandey, Swechchha1 aRajput, Bhausaheb, S.1 aChikkali, Samir, H.  uhttps://library.ncl.res.in/content/refining-plant-oils-and-sugars-platform-chemicals-monomers-and-polymers