Browsing by Author "Nguyen Gia, Huy"

This thesis focuses on the preparation and characterisation of a bis(cyclic carbonate) from neopentyl glycol diglycidyl ether. Some non-isocyanate polyurethanes of the prepared bis(cyclic carbonate) are also synthesised. The solvent-free synthetic process of the bis(cyclic carbonate) was optimised, obtaining high conversion with metal-free, commercially available catalysts and CO2 was used as a C1 reactant source, with significantly lower CO2 pressure compared to many literature processes. From the synthesised bis(cyclic carbonate), non-isocyanate polyurethanes are successfully prepared with simple diamines of different chain lengths.