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Naturally Occurring Polymers

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Principles of Polymer Chemistry

Abstract

There are many naturally occurring polymeric materials. Many are quite complex. It is possible, however, to apply an arbitrary classification and to divide them into six main categories. These are:

  1. 1

    Polysaccharides. This category includes starch, cellulose, chitin, pectin, alginic acid, natural gums, and others.

  2. 2

    Proteins or naturally occurring polyamides found in animal and vegetable sources.

  3. 3

    Polyisoprenes or natural rubbers and similar materials that are isolated from saps of plants.

  4. 4

    Polynucleotides include all the DNA-s and all the RNA-s found in all living organisms.

  5. 5

    Lignin or polymeric materials of coniferyl alcohol and related substances.

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    Naturally occurring miscellaneous polymers, like, for instance, shellac, a resin secreted by the lac insect. This is a complex crosslinked polyester of 9,10,16-trihydroxy-exadecanoic acid (aleuritic acid). The structure also includes some unsaturated long chain unsaturated aliphatic acids together with other compounds’.

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Ravve, A. (2000). Naturally Occurring Polymers. In: Principles of Polymer Chemistry. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-4227-8_7

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