Microbe-Derived Itaconic Acid: Novel Route to Biopolyamides

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Itaconic acid is a white crystalline organic compound with the formula C5O4H4 and is classified as an unsaturated carbonic acid. Today, this organic acid is widely used for the production of resins, biofuel components, pharmaceutical products, artificial glass, plastics and in the textile industry and agriculture. Because many potentially useful substances can be prepared from this organic acid it can be considered a platform chemical. Using biotechnology, itaconic acid can be synthesized from Aspergillus sp. such as A. itaconicus and A. terreus, which have ability to produce the unsaturated itaconic acid. Itaconic acid has been particularly used in the vinyl polymer industries but recently we have used it for the development of novel biobased polyamides. Polyamides are industrially established compounds containing a –CONH– linkage, which can enhance the performance of materials, especially thermal and mechanical moduli. Itaconic acid-based polyamides contain a pyrrolidone ring, which constitutes the polyamide backbone. This pyrrolidone ring backbone is promising for the future development of biobased materials for a wide range of engineering plastics.

Keywords

Aspergillus citrus Polyamides Pyrollidones Polycondensation Salt monomers 
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Acknowledgments

The authors acknowledge the financial support of the Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research (24655099) Japan.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.School of Materials ScienceJapan Advanced Institute of Science and TechnologyNomiJapan

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