Online now: Synthesis of bisphenols from lignin and their applications
Bisphenols are crucial building blocks for the production of diverse plastics and resins. Conventional bisphenol compounds, such as bisphenol A (BPA), have raised sustainability and health concerns. As a renewable solution, the conversion of lignin into bio-based bisphenols for synthesizing polymeric materials with comparable or even superior properties to conventional BPA-derived polymers represents a sustainable and promising approach. Here, recent advances in the valorization of lignin into sustainable bisphenols and their applications in thermosetting and thermoplastic polymers are summarized. The key pathways for synthesizing lignin-derived bisphenols and their corresponding polymers, along with the properties of these polymers, are discussed.
