Syringaresinol-based resin

24 March 2017 - A new epoxy/amine resin produced from a natural bisphenol

24 March 2017 - A new epoxy/amine resin produced from a natural bisphenol

A collaborative project between 6 laboratories, led by the Chaire ABI (Pr. Florent Allais) and the IJPB (Dr. Paul-Henri Ducrot), carried out by Dr Marine Janvier (Chaire ABI, IJPB) in association with teh FARE lab (Dr Johnny Beaugrand) has just reached a milestone in the domain of biosourced resin, by producing an epoxy/amine resin from syringaresinol, a natural bisphenol coming from sinapic acid. The synthesis method has used a chimio-enzymatic pathway.

A bisepoxide monomer prepared from syringaresinol, a natural bisphenolic starting material showing no endocrine disruption, was reacted with different diamines to afford renewable epoxy-amine resins. The thermal and mechanical properties of these resins have been compared to diglycidyl bisphenol A (DGEBA)- IPDA epoxy resin for potential substitution in advanced material applications.

Read: Janvier M, Hollande L, Jaufurally AS, Pernes M, Ménard R, Grimaldi M, Beaugrand J, Balaguer P, Ducrot PH, Allais F. Syringaresinol: a renewable and safer alternative to bisphenol A for epoxy-amine resins. ChemSusChem 2017, 10, 4, 738-746. DOI

Contacts: Pr Florent Allais, florent.allais@agroparistech.fr
               Dr Johnny Beaugrand, johnny.beaugrand@inra.fr

Modification date : 06 June 2023 | Publication date : 24 March 2017 | Redactor : J. Beaugrand / F. Allais / G. Paës