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Bio-based Heat Resistant Epoxy Resin with Extremely High Biomass Content from 2,5-Furandicarboxylic Acid and Eugenol Jia-Tao Miao, Li Yuan, Qingbao Guan, Guozheng Liang, and Aijuan Gu ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., Just Accepted Manuscript • DOI: 10.1021/ acssuschemeng.7b01222 • Publication Date (Web): 22 Jun 2017 Downloaded from http://pubs.acs.org on June 27, 2017

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Bio-based Heat Resistant Epoxy Resin with Extremely High Biomass

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Content from 2,5-Furandicarboxylic Acid and Eugenol

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Jia-Tao Miao, Li Yuan, Qingbao Guan, Guozheng Liang* and Aijuan Gu*

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State and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Novel Functional Polymeric Materials,

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Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Design and Application

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Department of Materials Science and Engineering,

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College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science,

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Soochow University, 199 Ren'Ai Road, Suzhou, 215123, China

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Abstract

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Preparing a bio-based (biomass-based) high performance epoxy resin with

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extremely large biomass content is of great important for sustainable development.

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Herein,

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bis(2-methoxy-4-(oxiran-2-ylmethyl)phenyl)furan-2,5-dicarboxylate (EUFU-EP), was

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synthesized

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(2,5-furandicarboxylic acid and eugenol) and the biomass content of EUFU-EP is as

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large as 93.3%. In addition, a new bio-based epoxy resin, EUFU-EP/MHHPA, was

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prepared by using methyl hexahydrophthalic anhydride (MHHPA) as the curing agent

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and 2-ethyl-4-methylimidazole as the curing accelerator. The curing reactivity and

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integrated performances including thermal and mechanical properties as well as flame

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retardancy of the cured resin were systematically researched, and compared with

a

new

from

epoxy

two

resin

bio-based

green

with

and

a

low

precise

toxic

structure,

compounds

* Corresponding author. Tel: +86 512 65880967. Fax: +86 512 65880089. E-mail address: E-mail address: [email protected] (Guozheng Liang), [email protected] (Aijuan Gu). . 1

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those of petrochemical resource-based epoxy resin (DGEBA/MHHPA) consisting of

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commercial

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2-ethyl-4-methylimidazole.

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DGEBA/MHHPA have similar curing reactivity, but cured EUFU-EP/MHHPA resin

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shows better thermal properties, rigidity and flame retardancy than cured

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DGEBA/MHHPA resin. Specifically, the glass transition temperature (Tg) of

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EUFU-EP/MHHPA resin is as high as 153.4 oC, the storage modulus at 50 oC

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increases by 19.8%, meanwhile both peak heat release rate and total heat release

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reduce by 19.0%. The nature behind these outstanding integrated performances is

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attributed to the unique structure of EUFU-EP, which is not only rich in aromatic

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structure, but also has furan ring. The especially large biomass content and

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outstanding thermal, mechanical and flame retarding performances clearly show that

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EUFU-EP resin has a great potential in actual applications.

diglycidyl

ether

of

Results

bisphenol

A

show

that

(DGEBA),

MHHPA

EUFU-EP/MHHPA

and and

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Keywords: Biomass; Epoxy resin; Thermal property; Flame retardancy; Structure.

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Introduction It is arguable that the petrochemical resources are indispensable; however, 1, 2

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energy depletion becomes one of greatest challenges of the world today.

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petrochemical resources, biomass which can translate into petrochemical resources

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through hundreds of millions of years is characterized to be abundant, renewable, and

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high annual output.3-7 In order to meet the challenge of energy crisis and the 2

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requirement of sustainable development, it is urgent to pay an increasing attention to

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biomass resource.8-11

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Thermosetting resins, strongly dependent on petroleum resources, have been key

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and basic materials in industry since the birth of the first synthetic resin in 1872.12

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They play indispensable role from basic (chemical industry,13 coating

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(aerospace,

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occupies about 70% of the whole thermosetting resin market due to its outstanding

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integrated performances.18 Note that more than 90% of epoxy resin is bisphenol A

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epoxy resin (DGEBA),

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epichlorohydrin in the presence of sodium hydroxide.17 Unfortunately, bisphenol A is

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strongly dependent on petrochemical resources.

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new energy,

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information

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) to strategic

) fields. Among them, epoxy resin

which is synthesized from bisphenol A and

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In recent years, attempts have been made to introduce some biomass-based

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(bio-based) units into epoxy resins instead of petroleum-based units. Various

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biomasses have been reported (such as vegetable oil,20 itaconic acid,21, 22 cardanol,1

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rosin,23 eugenol,

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raw materials in synthesizing bio-based epoxy resins, of which the biomass content of

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epoxy ranges from 40.1% to 84% as summarized in Table S1 in Supporting

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Information.

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2,5-furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA),26 lignin,7, 27 etc.) to act as

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FDCA and eugenol, both of which are common renewable resources in nature,

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have aroused worldwide concern in recent years due to their rigid aromatic structure.

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FDCA is classified as the top ten green chemical by US Department of Energy.28

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Eugenol, occupying about 80% of clove oil, is a renewable biomass material with low 3

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toxicity and relatively low cost. 29 FDCA and eugenol have been used for synthesizing

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bio-based epoxy resins, respectively. Zhang et al. reported a eugenol-based epoxy

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resin with a biomass content of 62.7%, and the glass transition temperature (Tg) of

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epoxy resin cured with hexahydrophthalic anhydride was only 114 °C.25 Wang et al.

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reported two kinds of eugenol-based epoxy resins which link eugenol molecules

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together with biomass-free α,α-dichloro-p-xylene

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respectively. The former (melting point, 124oC) cured with 4,4’-diaminodiphenyl

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methane has a biomass content of 70.2% and a Tg value of 114.4 °C, while the latter

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cured with 3,3’-diaminodiphenylsulfone has a higher biomass content of 80% and

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higher Tg (207 °C). Liu’s group prepared an epoxy resin based on FDCA, the Tg of the

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epoxy resin cured with methyl hexahydrophthalic anhydride (MHHPA) was 152 oC,

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the flexural strength was 96 MPa and the biomass content was 65.2%.26 These works

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have significantly promoted the use of eugenol and FDCA in the field of bio-based

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epoxy resins. However, all synthesis routes of them use dichloromethane as solvent;

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moreover, the biomass contents and integrated performances of above bio-based

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epoxy monomers still need increase.

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and cyanuric chloride

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Herein, a unique bio-based epoxy resin monomer, bis(2-methoxy-4-(oxiran-2-

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ylmethyl) phenyl)furan-2,5-dicarboxylate (EUFU-EP), with extremely large biomass

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content (93.3%), high thermal and mechanical properties as well as good flame

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retardancy was designed and synthesized through building a precise structure from

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FDCA and eugenol. The curing behavior and relationships between structure and

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properties of EUFU-EP/MHHPA resins were intensively studied and compared with 4

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its petrochemical resource based DGEBA counterpart.

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Experiment section

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Raw materials

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Eugenol, 3-chloroperoxybenzoic acid (mCPBA, 85%) and MHHPA were

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purchased from Energy Chemical, China. FDCA was bought from Sichuan Dagaote

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Technology

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triethylamine, sodium sulfite, sodium carbonate, tetrahydrofuran (THF), ethyl acetate,

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N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF) and other reagents were obtained from Sinopharm

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Chemical Reagent Co., Ltd, China. Diglycidyl ether of bisphenol A (DGEBA) used

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herein has an epoxy value of 0.44 mol/100 g, which was got from Nantong Xingchen

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Synthetic Material Co., Ltd, China.

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Co.,

Ltd,

China.

Oxalyl

chloride,

2-ethyl-4-methylimidazolet,

Synthesis of furan-2,5-dicarbonyl dichloride (FDCDCl)

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A mixture of FDCA (15.6 g, 100 mmol), THF (100 mL) and DMF (catalyst, 0.05

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mL) was added into a 100 mL round-bottomed flask, oxalyl chloride (19.04 g, 150

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mmol) was added dropwise to above suspension at 0 °C. The reaction mixture was

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slowly heated and reacted at 25 °C for 3 h until the solid was completely dissolved.

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Then the resultant solution was rotary evaporated to obtain a white solid (19.14 g,

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yield: 99.2%), which is FDCDCl. 1H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-D6) δ 7.31 (s, 2H)

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(Figure S1 in Supplementary Information).

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Synthesis of bis(4-allyl-2-methoxyphenyl) furan-2,5-dicarboxylate (EUFU)

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Eugenol (16.4 g, 100 mmol) and triethylamine (16.9 mL, 120 mmol) were 5

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dissolved in ethyl acetate (200 mL) with stirring to get a solution B, into which a

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solution of FDCDCl (50 mmol, 9.65 g) in ethyl acetate (100 mL) was added dropwise

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at 0 °C within 20 min, followed by maintaining at 25 °C for 30 min. Then, the

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reaction solution was filtered. After that, removing solvent through rotary evaporation,

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washing with water and filtering to get white solid (20.5 g, yield: 91.4%), which was

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EUFU. 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3) δ 7.45 (s, 2H), 7.06 (d, J = 8.0 Hz, 2 H), 6.85 -

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6.77 (m, 4H), 5.98 (m, 2H), 5.16 - 5.08 (m, 4H), 3.82 (s, 6H), 3.40 (d, J = 6.6 Hz, 4H).

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122.59, 120.93, 119.98, 116.46, 113.06, 56.05, 40.30. HRMS (ESI+): m/z calcd for

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[C26H24O7Na]+: 471.1414, found 471.1402. Anal. calcd for C26H24O7: C 69.63, H 5.39,

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found: C 69.67, H 5.607.

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Synthesis of EUFU-EP

C NMR (151 MHz, CDCl3) δ 156.07, 151.04, 146.82, 139.79, 137.37, 137.13,

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mCPBA (12.2 g, 60 mmol) was slowly added into a solution consisting of EUFU

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(8.97 g,20 mmol) and ethyl acetate (100 mL) at 0 °C, the reaction mixture was slowly

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heated and reacted at 40 °C for 48 h. After that the resultant solution was filtered to

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get the filtrate, which was then washed with 10% Na2SO3 solution, 5% NaHCO3

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solution and deionized water, successively. The organic layer was dried with

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anhydrous sodium sulfate, and ethyl acetate was rotary evaporated to give a yellow

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solid. The solid was then washed with ethanol to give a white solid, coded as

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EUFU-EP (6.10 g, yield: 63.5%). Melting point: 99.7 °C (differential scanning

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calorimetry, DSC). 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3) δ 7.47 (s, 2H), 7.09 (d, J = 8.0 Hz,

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2H), 6.91 (s, 2H), 6.87 (d, J = 8.0 Hz, 2H), 3.84 (s, 6H), 3.20 – 3.14 (m, 2H), 2.88 (d, 6

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J = 5.3 Hz, 4H), 2.83 (t, J = 4.2 Hz, 2H), 2.60 – 2.54 (m, 2H). 13C NMR (151 MHz,

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CDCl3) δ 155.97, 151.12, 146.76, 137.84, 137.05, 122.74, 121.33, 120.04, 113.51,

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56.10, 52.46, 47.00, 38.86. HRMS (ESI+): m/z calcd for [C26H24O9Na]+: 503.1313,

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found 503.1306. Anal. calcd for C26H24O9: C 65.00, H 5.04, found: C 64.71, H 5.176.

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Preparation of cured resins

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EUFU-EP and MHHPA with an equivalent molar ratio as well as

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2-ethyl-4-methylimidazole (0.5 wt% of the total weight of EUFU-EP and MHHPA)

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were mixed thoroughly at 80 oC for 30 min to get a clear liquid (prepolymer). The

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prepolymer was then transferred to a preheated mold and degassed under vacuum at

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80 oC for 30 min, followed by putting into an oven for curing using the procedure of

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130 oC/2 h+150 oC/2 h+170 oC/2 h. After that, the mold was naturally cooled to room

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temperature to obtain cured resin, coded as EUFU-EP/MHHPA.

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Similarly,

EUFU-EP

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DGEBA/MHHPA resin.

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Characterizations

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was

replaced

by

DGEBA

to

prepare

cured

H NMR spectra of FDCDCl, EUFU and EUFU-EP, 2-D HHCOSY spectra of

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EUFU and EUFU-EP were recorded with a Bruker AVANCE III 400 MHz

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superconducting magnetic resonance spectrometer (USA). 13C NMR spectra of EUFU

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and EUFU-EP were recorded with an Agilent DD2-600 MHz spectrometer (USA).

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CDCl3 and tetramethylsilane were applied as the solvent and internal standard,

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Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectra were obtained using a Bruker a Vertex 70 spectrometer (USA) over the wavenumber ranging from 600 to 4000 cm-1. High-resolution mass spectra (HRMS) were tested on a Bruker UltiMate 3000 high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) system (Germany). The elemental analysis (C and H) was performed on a Vario EL III elemental analyzer (Germany).

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DSC curves were recorded on a TA instrument Q200 (USA) under a nitrogen

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atmosphere with a flowing rate of 50 mL min-1. Each sample was weighed and sealed

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in an aluminum crucible, and heated from room temperature to 250 oC at a heating

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rate of 5, 10, 15 or 20 oC min-1.

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Density was measured on a Shanghai Sunny Hengping FA1104J electronic balance with density device (China).

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Dynamic mechanical analyses (DMA) were performed using TA DMA Q800

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apparatus (USA) by multi-frequency-strain model in a single cantilever clamp at a

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heating rate of 3 oC min-1. The tests were performed at a frequency of 1.0 Hz, a

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deflection amplitude of oscillation of 20 µm, and a poisson’s ratio of 0.44. The

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dimensions of specimen were (35 ± 0.02) mm× (13 ± 0.02) mm× (3 ± 0.02) mm. Tg is

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regarded as the peak temperature of the tanδ-temperature curve.30

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Flexural strengths were measured according to Chinese standard GB2570-95

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using an electronic universal testing machine (SUST, Zhuhai, China) at a speed of 2

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mm min-1.

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Thermogravimetric (TG) analyses were performed on a TA Discovery TGA

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Instrument (USA) under a nitrogen atmosphere (10 mL min-1) with a heating rate of 8

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10 oC min-1.

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Micro-combustion calorimetery (MCC) was performed on a Govmark MCC-2

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microscale combustibility calorimeter (USA). 5 mg sample was heated to 700 oC at a

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heating rate of 60 oC min-1 in a mixed stream of oxygen and nitrogen flowing at 21

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and 79 cm3 min-1, respectively.

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Thermogravimetric analysis infrared (TG-IR) spectra were recorded using a

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Netzsch TGA F1 thermogravimetric analyzer (Germany) that was interfaced to a

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Bruker

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spectrophotometer (Germany). Ten milligrams of a sample was put in an alumina

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crucible and heated from 30 to 800 oC with a heating rate of 10 oC min-1 under a

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nitrogen atmosphere.

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Results and discussion

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Design, synthesis and characterization of EUFU-EP

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TENSOR

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fourier

transform

infrared

spectroscopy

It is well known that there are two methods to synthesize epoxy resin.

(FTIR)

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Taking DGEBA as the example, the first synthesis method (Method I) is derived from

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bisphenol A and epichlorohydrin under sodium hydroxide (Figure S2a in

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Supplementary Information).33 Note that this method produces complex oligomers but

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not epoxy resin monomer with precise structure. Typically DGEBA monomers are

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marketed with average repeat unit (n) in the range of 0.03−10. 18 In addition, the

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obtained oligomers are hardly purified and separated. Obviously, this is not conducive

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to control structure and performances of epoxy resin. The second method (Method II)

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for synthesizing DGEBA contains two steps. An intermediate (allyl ether compound) 9

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from the reaction between bisphenol A and 3-bromopropene with the aid of sodium

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hydroxide was synthesized, and then the double bond of allyl group is oxidized by an

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oxidizing agent to obtain an epoxy resin monomer (Figure S2b in Supplementary

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Information).

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monomer with precise structure. However, when Method II is used to synthesize

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bio-based

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petrochemical resources will reduce the biomass content of epoxy monomer to some

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extent.

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Different from Method I, Method II can synthesize an epoxy

epoxy

monomer,

the

reactant

(3-bromopropene)

obtained

from

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On the other hand, there are two major problems of bisphenol A, besides its

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dependence on the petrochemical resources, bisphenol A has similar structure with

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estrogen, which will reduce fertility and increase the risk of developing cancers and

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other diseases.35,

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bisphenol A-based materials for packing infant formula,37 and the demand for

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bisphenol A-free products is booming. Therefore, derived from less toxic raw

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materials, a new bio-based epoxy monomer with precise structure and extremely large

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biomass content should be designed and synthesized.

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The US Federal Drug Administration has banned the use of

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Figure 1 illustrates the route to synthesize such bio-based epoxy monomer,

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EUFU-EP, with precise structure and extremely large biomass content. Specifically,

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eugenol with allyl group itself is taken as the reactant, so it is not necessary to use

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bromopropene anymore, endowing EUFU-EP with very large biomass content

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(93.3%). The specific route is composed of three steps. First, FDCDCl was obtained

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will be fully converted to FDCDCl and directly used for the next step without

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purification. Second, triethylamine was used as base, FDCDCl and eugenol were

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esterified to produce intermediate (EUFU) with a high yield (91.4%). Third, the target

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product EUFU-EP was obtained by oxidizing allyl group in EUFU by mCPBA; the

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yield of this step is 63.5%, and it was not necessary to purify EUFU-EP by column

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chromatography, showing great potential for large-scale production. As no bisphenol

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structure existed in the target product (EUFU-EP); moreover no bisphenol structure

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was used and formed during the whole synthesis process, so EUFU-EP is a healthier

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substitute compared with DGEBA.

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Figure 1. Synthesis of EUFU-EP

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Figure 2 shows 1H NMR spectra of EUFU and EUFU-EP. In the spectrum of

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EUFU, the characteristic peaks at 5.98 ppm (Hg) and 5.08-5.16 ppm (Hh, Hi)

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correspond to protons on double bond of allyl in EUFU, the characteristic peaks at

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3.40 ppm (Hf), 3.82 ppm (He), and 7.45 ppm (Ha) represent protons on methylene

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group of allyl adjacent to the double bond, methoxy group and furan ring, respectively.

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In the spectrum of EUPU-EP, the characteristic peaks of proton on epoxy group are 11

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observed, such as 2.54-2.60 ppm (Hi’), 2.83 ppm (Hh’) and 3.14-3.20 ppm (Hh’), while

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all peaks of protons (Hg, Hh and Hi) on double bond are not found. Other peaks in the

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spectrum of EUFU-EP are similar as those of protons of EUFU, indicating that double

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bonds of allyl groups in EUFU have been successfully oxidized to epoxy groups.

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These assignments of protons have been also confirmed by the 2-D HHCOSY NMR

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spectra (Figure S3 in Supplementary Information).

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Figure 2. 1H NMR spectra of EUFU (top) and EUFU-EP (bottom)

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Above statement is further confirmed by

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C NMR spectra of EUFU and

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EUFU-EP shown in Figure 3. The characteristic peaks at 139.79 and 116.46 ppm in

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the spectrum of EUFU indicate C12 and C13 on allyl groups, respectively. These peaks

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do not appear in the spectrum of EUFU-EP, instead, characteristic peaks representing

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carbon atoms on epoxy groups appear at 52.46 ppm (C12’) and 47.00 ppm (C13’), also

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proving that double bonds of allyl groups in EUFU have been successfully oxidized. 12

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Figure 3. 13C NMR spectra of EUFU (top) and EUFU-EP (bottom)

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FTIR spectra of EUFU and EUFU-EP are shown in Figure S4 (in Supplementary

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Information). The characteristic peak standing for C=C bonds of EUFU at 1639 cm-1

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disappears. Instead, the characteristic peak standing for the oxirane rings of EUFU-EP

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at 930 cm-1 appears, further proving that double bonds of allyl groups in EUFU have

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been successfully oxidized.

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In addition, the HRMS spectrum of EUFU-EP (Figure S5 in Supplementary

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Information) shows that the experimental [M+Na+] is 503.1306, which is consistent

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with the theoretical value (503.1313). The DSC curve of EUFU-EP (Figure S6 in

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Supplementary Information) shows a clear endothermic melting peak at 99.7 oC.

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Above characterizations fully prove that a unique bio-based epoxy resin with

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precise structure has been facilely synthesized, its theoretical molecular weight is

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Curing behavior and aggregation structure of EUFU-EP/MHHPA

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Figure 4a shows DSC curves of EUFU-EP/MHHPA and DGEBA/MHHPA

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prepolymers at different heating rates. Each curve displays a single exothermic peak

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corresponding to the ring-opening reaction between epoxy and acid anhydride. From

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fitting curves of heating rate vs. exothermic peak temperature of prepolymers (Figure

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4b), the actual peak temperature (142.1 oC) of EUFU-EP/MHHPA is found to be

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slightly higher than that of DGEBA/MHHPA (139.6 oC). At the same time, according

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to Kissinger equation (Equation 1), dynamic curing parameters of prepolymers were

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calculated. It is found that EUFU-EP/MHHPA has higher activation energy (71.15 kJ

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mol-1) than DGEBA/MHHPA (61.21 kJ mol-1), so the former has lower reaction

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activity than the latter. This is because epoxy groups of DGEBA connect with oxygen

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atoms, increasing the polarization degree of epoxy groups due to the inductive effect,

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and thus is more conducive to the ring opening reaction of epoxy groups.24

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 β   AR  E ln  2  = ln  −  E  RTP  TP 

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where Tp is the peak temperature, β is the heating rate, E is the activation energy of

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the curing reaction, A is the pre-exponential factor, and R is the universal constant

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EUFU-EP was then cured by MHHPA using the curing procedure of 130 oC/2

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h+150 oC/2 h+170 oC/2 h. In order to make sure that the samples were fully cured

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under this condition,

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EUFU-EP/MHHPA resin. As shown in Figure S7 and S8 in Supplementary

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Information, there is no exothermic peak in DSC curve, and no characteristic peak of

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epoxy groups in FTIR spectra, verifying that EUFU-EP/MHHPA resin has been

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Crosslinking density is an important index for characterizing the aggregation

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structure of thermosetting resins,38 which is often calculated according to the classical

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rubbery elasticity theory as shown in Equation 2.26 E'=3υeRT

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(2)

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where E’ is the storage modulus of the thermosetting resin in the rubbery plateau

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region, R is the universal constant, and T is the temperature at which the storage

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modulus is minimum.30

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Crosslinking densities of EUFU-EP/MHHPA and DGEBA/MHHPA resins are

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found to be 1373 and 2081 mol m-3, respectively. These results are attributed to the

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fact that EUFU-EP has higher molecular weight, smaller epoxy value and lower

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reactivity than DGEBA.

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Thermomechanical properties

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DMA thermograms of cured EUFU-EP/MHHPA and DGEBA/MHHPA resins

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are shown in Figure 5. It can be seen that EUFU-EP/MHHPA has higher storage

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modulus (E’) at 50 oC (2229 MPa) than DGEBA/MHHPA, it is expected because E’

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in the glassy state is affected synthetically by chemical structure and chain packing. It

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is well known that the use of furan building block usually increases the stiffness of the

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resins, 39,40 while higher density

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packing, both of which are good for increasing E’. These two factors exist in

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EUFU-EP/MHHPA resin. Specifically, on one hand, EUFU-EP/MHHPA resin has

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rigid rod-like aromatic ester and furan structures. On the other hand,

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EUFU-EP/MHHPA has higher density (1.25 g/cm3) than DGEBA/MHHPA resin (1.18

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g/cm3) reflecting a greater chain packing; moreover, the hydrogen and oxygen atoms

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of methoxy substituents on the aromatic rings have the ability to form hydrogen bond

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with carbonyl of anhydride and methylene resulting from the epoxy-anhydride

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reaction, respectively.41

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Figure 5. DMA thermograms for storage modulus and Tan delta against temperature

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of EUFU-EP/MHHPA and DGEBA/MHHPA resins

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Generally, Tg is regarded as the peak temperature of the tanδ-temperature

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curve.30, 42 EUFU-EP/MHHPA has higher Tg (153.4 oC) than DGEBA/MHHPA (144.1

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Specifically, an increased crosslinking density and a structure with chemical bonds

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that are hard to rotate can lead to a higher Tg. Compared with DGEBA/MHHPA,

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EUFU-EP/MHHPA has lower crosslinking density, tending to get reduced Tg; while

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EUFU-EP/MHHPA has rigid rod-like aromatic ester and furan structures that are very

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difficult to rotate. The combined effect of above opposite and positive factors

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determine the final Tg. Figure 5 suggests that the positive factor plays the domain

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influence.

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Note that for previously reported bio-based epoxy resins cured with MHHPA,

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their Tg values are within 101.9-152 oC (Table S1 in Supplementary Information),

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meaning that EUFU-EP/MHHPA reported herein shows high Tg that falls in the high

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end range of resins reported, this is very attractive because Tg is the upper temperature

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of service for thermosetting resins,43 that is, EUFU-EP has the biggest ability of

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applying in strict environment requiring high temperature among all bio-based epoxy

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resins so far.

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Mechanical performance

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Figure 6 gives flexural properties of EUFU-EP/MHHPA and DGEBA/MHHPA

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resins. Analogical with storage modulus in the glassy state, flexural modulus reflects

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the rigidity of resins. The flexural modulus of EUFU-EP/MHHPA is 3.33 GPa, higher

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than that of DGEBA/MHHPA (3.05 GPa), this is consistent with the storage moduli in

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the glassy state.

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The flexural strength is usually used to characterize overall mechanical

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properties of a material because the flexural loading contains multiple types of

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loadings

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EUFU-EP/MHHPA has slightly lower flexural strength than DGEBA/MHHPA, the

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flexural strength of EUFU-EP/MHHPA is as high as 129.2 MPa, comparable with that

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of reported epoxy resin with high mechanical properties,45 and is at a high level in

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bio-based epoxy resins reported (Table S1 in Supplementary Information), so

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EUFU-EP/MHHPA still has excellent mechanical properties.

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Figure 6. Flexural moduli and strengths of EUFU-EP/MHHPA and DGEBA/MHHPA

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Flammability and mechanism of cured resins

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Figure 7 shows curves of heat release rate (HRR) versus temperature, the

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characteristic parameters including have longer time-to-ignition (TTI), peak heat

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release rate (PHRR) and total heat release (THR) temperature are listed in this figure.

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Different from about 70 s shortened TTI in eugenol-based epoxy resins

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EUFU-EP/MHHPA resin has similar TTI as DGEBA/MHHPA; in addition,

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EUFU-EP/MHHPA has better flame retardancy than DGEBA/MHHPA. This

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attractive result is attributed to the fact that the char yield (Yc) at 800 oC of

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EUFU-EP/MHHPA resin is 10.9 wt%, about 1.7 times of that of DGEBA/MHHPA

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(Figure 8). This is benefited from the highly compact aromatic rings of EUFU-EP,

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which can promote carbonation,6 resulting in more residual carbon, and thus

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displaying condensed phase mechanism of flame retardation.

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Figure 7. Heat release rate-time curves from MCC tests for cured EUFU-EP/MHHPA

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Figure 8. TGA curves of cured EUFU-EP/MHHPA and DGEBA/MHHPA resins

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To further investigate the flame retarding mechanism, TG-IR technology was

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used to directly detect components in the gas phase during degradation process.

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Figure 9 shows three-dimensional IR spectra of pyrolysis products for

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EUFU-EP/MHHPA and DGEBA/MHHPA resins throughout the whole thermal

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degradation process. Since the same size, morphology and weight were taken in tests,

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the intensity of the absorption peak in the three-dimensional spectra can reflect the

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amounts of degradation products. Figure 9 shows that the absorption peaks of

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EUFU-EP/MHHPA resin are much lower than those of DGEBA/MHHPA resin,

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proving that EUFU-EP /MHHPA resin releases much less pyrolysis products than

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DGEBA/MHHPA resin.

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EUFU-EP/MHHPA and DGEBA/MHHPA resins

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Figure 10 shows FTIR spectra of pyrolysis products of EUFU-EP/MHHPA and

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DGEBA/MHHPA at the maximum decomposition rates. It can be seen that most

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pyrolysis products of DGEBA/MHHPA are organic combustible gases, including

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various hydrocarbons (2968 cm-1), carbonyl compounds (1807 cm-1), aromatic

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compounds (1604 and 1510 cm-1) and C–O–C (1221 and 1176 cm-1);46, 47 while a

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small amount of water (3656 cm-1), CO2 (2351, 2308 and 669 cm-1) and CO (2180

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cm-1) were also found in pyrolysis products. Differently, pyrolysis products of

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EUFU-EP/MHHPA show less organic combustible gases (various hydrocarbons,

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carbonyl compounds and aromatic compounds) and more none-flammable CO2, this

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is beneficial to retard further combustion, and thus EUFU-EP/MHHPA resin has a

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better flame retardancy.

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Figure 10. FTIR spectra of pyrolysis products of cured EUFU-EP/MHHPA and

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DGEBA/MHHPA resins at their maximum decomposition rates

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Starting from green bio-based FDCA and eugenol, a new epoxy resin

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(EUFU-EP), of which the biomass content is as high as 93.3%, was successively

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synthesized using an eco-friendly route. Compared with DGEBA/MHHPA,

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EUFU-EP/MHHPA expresses 9 °C and 19.9% enhancement in Tg and storage

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modulus at 50 oC, respectively, as well as considerably high mechanical properties

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and better flame retardancy. Abundant amounts of aromatic and furan structures in the

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main chain endow cured EUFU-EP resin with much better integrated performances

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than petrochemical resource-based DGEBA resin. Due to these attractive properties as

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Acknowledgements

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We thank National Natural Science Foundation of China (21274104), the Priority

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Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions (PAPD),

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China, and Scientific Innovation Research of College Graduate in Jiangsu Province of

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China (KYLX16_0120), for financially supporting this project.

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Supplementary data

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Figure S1 gives 1H NMR spectra of FDCA and FDCDCl, Figure S2 shows synthesis

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routes of commercial DGEBA, Figure S3 gives 2-D HHCOSY NMR spectra of

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EUFU and EUFU-EP, Figure S4 gives FTIR spectra of EUFU and EUFU-EP. Figure

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S5 gives the high-resolution mass spectrum (HRMS) of EUFU-EP, Figure S6 gives

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DSC curve of EUFU-EP, Figure S7 gives DSC curve of cured EUFU-EP/MHHPA

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resin, Figure S8 gives FTIR spectra of EUFU and EUFU-EP/MHHPA resin. Table S1

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summarizes biomass contents and integrated performances of bio-based epoxy resins

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in literature.

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Figure 1. Synthesis of EUFU-EP 50x18mm (300 x 300 DPI)

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Figure 2. 1H NMR spectra of EUFU (top) and EUFU-EP (bottom) 66x55mm (300 x 300 DPI)

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Figure 4. DSC thermograms (a) and fitting curves of exothermic peak temperature vs. heating rate (b) of EUFU-EP/MHHPA and DGEBA/MHHPA prepolymers 119x176mm (300 x 300 DPI)

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Figure 5. DMA thermograms for storage modulus and Tan delta against temperature of EUFU-EP/MHHPA and DGEBA/MHHPA resins 55x37mm (300 x 300 DPI)

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Figure 6. Flexural moduli and strengths of EUFU-EP/MHHPA and DGEBA/MHHPA resins 50x31mm (300 x 300 DPI)

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Figure 7. Heat release rate-time curves from MCC tests for cured EUFU-EP/MHHPA and DGEBA/MHHPA resins 64x51mm (300 x 300 DPI)

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Figure 8. TGA curves of cured EUFU-EP/MHHPA and DGEBA/MHHPA resins 59x44mm (300 x 300 DPI)

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Figure 9. Three-dimensional FTIR spectra of pyrolysis products of cured EUFU-EP/MHHPA and DGEBA/MHHPA resins 57x22mm (300 x 300 DPI)

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Figure 10. FTIR spectra of pyrolysis products of cured EUFU-EP/MHHPA and DGEBA/MHHPA resins at their maximum decomposition rates 63x49mm (300 x 300 DPI)

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Graphic Abstract 35x14mm (300 x 300 DPI)

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