Intro; Title page; Copyright page; Preface to First Edition; Preface to the Second Edition; Chapter 1: Introduction; 1.1 Setting the Stage; References; Chapter 2: Basic Chemical Notions; 2.1 Drying Mechanism; 2.2 Reactive Sites; References; Chapter 3: Polymerisation of Pristine Oils and their Fatty Acids; 3.1 Polymerisation of Unsaturated Oils and Fatty Acids; 3.2 Specific Case of Castor Oil; References; Chapter 4: Monomers and Polymers from Chemically Modified Plant Oils and their Fatty Acids; 4.1 Epoxidised Structures; 4.2 Polyol Structures for Polyurethanes

4.3 Polyisocyanates for Polyurethanes4.4 Polyether and Polyester Diols for Thermoplastic Polyurethanes; 4.5 Diols and Diacids for Linear Polyesters; 4.6 Monomers for Linear Polyamides and Polycarbonates; 4.7 Vinyl, Acrylic and Other Monomers for Linear Chain-growth Polymerisation; 4.8 Monomers for Other, Less Common Linear Polymers; 4.9 Special Cases of Castor Oil and Ricinoleic Acid; 4.10 Special Case of Glycerol; References; Chapter 5: Metathesis Reactions Applied to Plant Oils and Polymers Derived from the Ensuing Products; 5.1 General Considerations

5.2 Metathesis Reactions as Tools for the Synthesis of Monomers and Polymers Derived from Vegetable OilsReferences; Chapter 6: Thiol-ene and Thiol-yne Reactions for the Transformation of Oleochemicals into Monomers and Polymers; 6.1 General Considerations; 6.2 Thiol-ene Reaction as a Tool for the Synthesis of Monomers and Polymers Derived from Vegetable Oils; 6.3 Thiol-yne Reaction as a Tool for the Synthesis of Monomers and Polymers Derived from Vegetable Oils; 6.4 Final Considerations; References

Chapter 7: Diels-Alder Reactions and Polycondensations Applied to Vegetable Oils and their DerivativesReferences; Index; End User License Agreement