Understanding the Stereochemical Effect on the Properties of Emerging Thermosets: Sustainable Polybenzoxazines

Exploration of the properties of monomers by modulating their stereochemistry is not well reported in polybenzoxazines (PBzs). Isosorbide contains a rigid bicyclic (endo–exo-configuration) core that has shown promise in high-performance thermoplastic polymers. In this report, new chiral PBzs were prepared from industrially available feedstocks, carbohydrate-derived (isosorbide), and lignin- or cashew nut waste-sourced renewable phenols (cardanol...