RT Journal Article T1 The future of isosorbide as a fundamental constituent for polycarbonates and polyurethanes A1 Gómez-de-Miranda-Jiménez-de-Aberasturi, Olga A1 Centeno-Pedrazo, Ander A1 Prieto Fernández, Soraya A1 Rodriguez Alonso, Raquel A1 Medel, Sandra A1 María Cuevas, Jose A1 Monsegue, Luciano G. A1 De Wildeman, Stefaan A1 Benedetti, Elena A1 Klein, Daniela A1 Henneken, Hartmut A1 Ochoa-Gómez, José R. AB Isosorbide is a biobased compound which could become in the near future an advantageous competitor of petroleum-derived components in the synthesis of polymers of different nature. When the reactivity of isosorbide is not enough, it can be successfully transformed into secondary building blocks, such as isosorbide bis(methyl carbonate), which provides extra functionalities for polymerization reactions with diols or diamines. The present review summarizes the possibilities for isosorbide as a green raw material to be used in the synthesis of polycarbonates and polyurethanes to obtain products of similar or enhanced properties to the commercial equivalents. SN 1751-8253 YR 2021 FD 2021 LA eng NO Gómez-de-Miranda-Jiménez-de-Aberasturi , O , Centeno-Pedrazo , A , Prieto Fernández , S , Rodriguez Alonso , R , Medel , S , María Cuevas , J , Monsegue , L G , De Wildeman , S , Benedetti , E , Klein , D , Henneken , H & Ochoa-Gómez , J R 2021 , ' The future of isosorbide as a fundamental constituent for polycarbonates and polyurethanes ' , Green Chemistry Letters and Reviews , vol. 14 , no. 3 , pp. 533-543 . https://doi.org/10.1080/17518253.2021.1965223 NO Publisher Copyright: © 2021 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. DS TECNALIA Publications RD 1 jul 2024