Synthesis of polyurethanes through the oxidative decarboxylation of oxamic acids: a new gateway toward self-blown foams

Chem. Sci., 2024, 15,13475-13485DOI: 10.1039/D4SC02562H, Edge Article Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Quentin Jaussaud, Ikechukwu Martin Ogbu, Govind Goroba Pawar, Etienne Grau, Frédéric Robert, Thomas Vidil, Yannick Landais, Henri CramailThe thermal activation of oxamic acids, using a hypervalent iodine, leads to the in situ generation of isocyanates and CO2, precursors of self-blown polyurethane foams.The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry