The low degradability of petroleum-based polymers and the massive use of these materials constitute a serious problem because of the environmental pollution that they can cause. Thus, sustained efforts have been extensively devoted to produce new polymers based on natural renewing resources and with higher degradability. Of the different natural sources, carbohydrates stand out as highly convenient raw materials because they are inexpensive, readily available, and provide great stereochemical diversity. New polymers, analogous to the more accredited technical polymers, but based on chiral monomers, have been synthesized from natural and available sugars. This chapter describes the potential of sugar-based monomers as precursors to a wide variety of macromolecular materials.

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由容易获得的单糖合成的聚合物。

石油基聚合物的低降解性和这些材料的大量使用构成了严重的问题，因为它们会造成环境污染。因此，已经进行了广泛的努力以基于天然更新资源并具有较高的可降解性来生产新的聚合物。在不同的自然资源中，碳水化合物是一种非常方便的原材料，因为它们价格便宜，易于获得并且具有巨大的立体化学多样性。已从天然和可利用的糖中合成了新的聚合物，类似于更认可的技术聚合物，但基于手性单体。本章介绍了糖基单体作为各种大分子材料前体的潜力。