A particular focus has been the transfer of biosynthetic and metabolic pathways for unusual fatty acids, such as hydroxy and epoxy fatty acids (used for lubricants, nylon precursors, and plasticizers) from non-agronomic plant species to existing oilseed crops.
Several modifications of petroselinic acid 1 are described, among others towards surfactants and the nylon 66 precursor adipic acid (Cahoon et al. 1994; Dierker and Schafer 2010; Placek 1963).
If truth be told, the first hank of pyrolysed nylon (a carbon-fibre precursor) was snaffled from a Japanese textile factory and flown back to Britain in a diplomatic bag.
Caprolactam is the precursor to Nylon 6, a widely used synthetic polymer.
In the goal to develop environmentally friendly processes,these solids were used as catalysts for the deperoxidation of cyclohexyl hydroperoxide, an important step in the synthesis of adipic acid, a precursor of nylon 6-6.
In a Pseudomonas putida KT2440 strain engineered to convert lignin-derived aromatic monomers such as p-coumarate and ferulate to muconate, a precursor to bio-based nylon and other chemicals, metabolic intermediates including 4-hydroxybenzoate and vanillate accumulate and subsequently reduce productivity.
Sebacic acid, a 10 carbon containing dicarboxylic acid (DCA), is an important precursor in the production of nylon and polyamides (PAs), primarily PA-4,10 and PA-5,10 (Chung et al. 2015).
These Nylon 66-functionalized MWNTs were used as precursors to prepare polymer/MWNT nanocomposites.
Cis,cis-muconic acid (CCM) is a biochemical material that can be used for the production of various plastics and polymers and is particularly gaining attention as an adipic acid precursor for the synthesis of nylon-6,6.
