Lauroyl chloride

Spray-dried mimosa tannin (Acacia mearnsii formerly mollissima, de Wildt) extract powder was supplied by Silva Chimica (St. Michele Mondovi’, Italy). Furfuryl alcohol and lauroyl chloride were purchased from Acros Organics (Geel, Belgium). Para-toluene-sulphonic acid (pTSA), diethyl ether, acetaldehyde, and glutaraldehyde were purchased from Sigma-Aldrich (St. Louis, MO, USA). Formaldehyde was provided by Merck-Schuchardt OHG (Hohenbrunn, Germany). Oleoyl chloride and palmitoyl chloride were acquired from Alfa Aesar (Kandal, Germany). Chloroform was obtained from Merck (Darmstadt, Germany).

All reagents and solvents were of reagent-grade quality, procured from reputable commercial suppliers, and used without further purification. Bisphenol A was obtained from Showa (Menlo, GA, USA) while 2,6-dimethylphenol was purchased from Aldrich (St. Louis, MO, USA). Copper(I) bromide was purchased from Riedel-de Haën (Seelze near Hanover, Germany). DOPO (9,10-dihydro-9-oxa-10-phosphaphenanthrene-10-oxide) and N-Butyldimethylamine (DMBA) were obtained from TCI (Tokyo, Japan). Trifluoromethanesulfonic acid (TfOH), p-toluenesulfonic acid monohydrate (p-TSA), phenylacetyl chloride, benzoyl chloride, and acetyl chloride were purchased from Alfa Aesar (Haverhill, MA, USA). Lauroyl chloride was obtained from Acros (Waltham, MA, USA).