Plant Oils with Acrylic Moities

Acrylated oils can be obtained by converting the triglyceride double bonds into an epoxide. Afterwards, the epoxy groups are opened with acrylic acid to get hydroxy acrylated oils (74,77-79). 

Alternatively, aciyUc moieties can be introduced directly to the imsaturated fatty oil groups through a bromonium cyclic intermediate (72). N-Bromosuccinimide is used for the bromination. The bromine moiety is removed from the nitrogen by an heterolytic fission as a bromonium ion and a succinimide anion is formed. The bromonium ion is attacked by the 7i-bonds of the alkene. At the 

Eventually, a bromoacrylate ester is obtained that can be polymerized and also imparts flame resistance by the bromine groups. However, bromine-based flame retardant resins are releasing hydrogen bromide during combustion, which is toxic and corrosive (83,84). 

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