GAMBIDE Chemicals is a

chemical company that produces Isosorbide from agricultural wastes such as Oil Palm
Empty Fruit Bunch (OPEFB)
whereas through distinctive
technologies crucial to enable
our customers to meet increasingly rigorous market
and application requirements
of Isosorbide. Its manufacturing program is supported by
a strong process development
capability and well-equipped
laboratories.

Innovating for the future while

offering the best of Nature

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Isosorbide offers
Important

Appearance
Melting Point

Clear to Beige
Solution
56-63 C
Soluble in water, alcohols, dioxane, ketones

Solubility

Almost insoluble in
hydrocarbons, esters,
ethers

FTIR Peak Value

Improvements

Isosorbide (1,4:3,6-dianhydro-D-

Properties

sorbitol) is a V-shaped bicyclic intramo-

A Bio based Molecule With a Bright Future

lecular diether with two secondary hydroxyl groups in the 2- and 5-positions
and is considered as a platform chemical of considerable importance for the

Firstly, Isosorbide can be added to PET

(up to 10%), producing PEIT (with the i of Isosorbide). The second plastic in which Isosorbide may play a major role is polycarbonate.

future replacement of fossil resource-

This thermoset plastic, used in head lights,

based products. It is a clear, colorless

household appliances and other applications, is

solution in appearance and is a non-

produced so far through the intermediate of

toxic diol produced from bio based

bisphenol-A, a carcinogenic substance. Finally,

Isosorbide esters can be used as plasticizers,

feedstock that is biodegradable and

substituting phthalates (suspected of being

3200 3600 cm-1

thermally stable and with that, it is the

endocrine-disrupting substances). In total, the

(O-H stretch)

only bio based diol that improves re-

three markets mentioned are enormous: sever-

1000 1300 cm-1

sistance to heat, UV rays and chemi-

(C-O stretch)

cals, and offers excellent optical and

mechanical properties on the materials
produced.

al hundreds of thousands tons. And it does not

necessarily stop there. The trend to produce
major polymers from biobased feedstock has
only just begun.