Vegetable oils as bio-based precursors for epoxies

What is it about?

Epoxy is widely used in industry and has a wide range of applications, including material coating, electronics, adhesives, and fiber-reinforced plastics, but its production from fossil fuels pollutes the environment. Epoxidized vegetable oils (EVOs) are a strong contender to replace epoxy products made from fossil fuels because they are abundant, renewable, sustainable, nontoxic, and environmentally friendly. Because of their abundant and highly effective alkene content, which is simple to epoxidize, vegetable oils (VOs) are frequently used in manufacturing industries. Numerous methods, such as homogeneous catalysis, heterogeneous catalysis, metal catalyzed reaction, chemo-enzymatic reaction, and polyoxometalates catalyzed method, are used to oxidize VOs. This information on epoxidation methods for various VOs and EVO applications has been compiled in this review.

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Photo by Quin Engle on Unsplash

Why is it important?

Epoxidized vegetable oils (EVOs) are a strong contender to replace epoxy products made from fossil fuels because they are abundant, renewable, sustainable, nontoxic, and environmentally friendly