A novel vegetable oil–lactate hybrid monomer for synthesis of high‐Tg polyurethanes

A novel hybrid monomer was synthesized using lactate and soybean oil for preparation of a new class of polyurethane materials. It was shown that the Tg of the resultant polyurethanes could be effectively controlled in a range of 31–96 °C, which is very different from previously reported vegetable oil-based polyurethanes that have Tg generally below 40 °C.