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Insights on the preparation and characterization of the poly(glycerol-co-malic acid) from renewable sources

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Biopolymers are sustainable materials derived from renewable sources that have relevant and industrially attractive properties such as biodegradability, biocompatibility and antimicrobial effect. Thus, these were the target of several experimental studies, widely published in the literature and used in our daily lives. This paper presents a preliminary investigation on the polyesterification of a malic acid/glycerol mixture in order to obtain the poly(glycerol-co-malic acid) to be evaluated as a bioadhesive. For this, different reaction conditions were evaluated by varying the concentrations of malic acid, glycerol and zinc chloride(II) as catalyst, carried out according to the central composite rotatable design. The polymerizations were monitored by acidity index, hydroxamic acid test and conversion rate and the obtained materials characterized by FTIR. Poly(glycerol-co-malic acid) was obtained in yields of 38 to 68% which show that such method is promising for obtaining this new biopolymer aimed as bioadhesive.

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The authors are grateful to Profs. Marco Antônio Schiavon and Rafael César Russo Chagas for performing the TGA/DTA and FTIR analyses, respectively, and the Federal University of São João Del-Rei for financial support.

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    Thiago Oliveira Cabral, Fabiano Luiz Naves & Renata Carolina Zanetti Lofrano

  2. Departamento de Química, Biotecnologia e Engenharia de Bioprocessos, Universidade Federal de São João del-Rei, Campus Alto Paraopeba, Rodovia MG 443, Km 07, Bairro Fazenda do Cadete, Ouro Branco, MG, CEP 36420-000, Brazil

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Cabral, T.O., Sarrouh, B., Naves, F.L. et al. Insights on the preparation and characterization of the poly(glycerol-co-malic acid) from renewable sources. Clean Techn Environ Policy 22, 735–742 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10098-020-01814-1

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