The scope of application continues to expand, and the market prospect of isosorbide (IS) is good

The production process of isosorbide is relatively mature and has now achieved large-scale commercial production. Globally, the isosorbide market is mainly concentrated in Asia, Europe and the United States, among which Asia is the largest isosorbide consumer market in the world. At present, the main suppliers of isosorbide in the market include Mitsubishi Chemical, DuPont, SK Chemical, Roquette Frères, ADM, etc.

Isosorbide (IS) is a new, green, non-toxic, bio-based material with excellent properties such as chirality. It is also the only sugar diol that has been industrially produced in large quantities. The main raw material of isosorbide is sorbitol. Due to its wide source of raw materials, low price and outstanding environmental performance, isosorbide is known as the bio-based chemical raw material second only to polylactic acid. In recent years, as environmental protection supervision has become increasingly strict, The market size of isosorbide is gradually expanding.

Isosorbide is mainly produced through catalytic dehydration of sorbitol. In the catalytic dehydration process, catalysts can be divided into liquid catalysts and solid catalysts. Dehydration methods include solution dehydration and melt dehydration. Industrial production of isosorbide mainly uses starch as raw material. Isosorbide has excellent properties. As research continues to deepen, the application fields of isosorbide have gradually expanded to food, medicine, plastics, cosmetics, liquid crystal materials, polymer modification and other fields.

In the field of medicine, isosorbide is an effective osmotic oral dehydration diuretic. It can also be used in the preparation of drugs such as isosorbide dinitrate and isosorbide mononitrate; in the field of plastics, isosorbide and citric acid are used Citrate plasticizer synthesized from raw materials is a new type of green and environmentally friendly plasticizer that can replace traditional plasticizers such as phthalate plasticizers.

According to the “2021 Global and China Isosorbide Industry In-depth Research Report released by the Industrial Research Center, isosorbide can be divided into It is industrial grade isosorbide, pharmaceutical grade isosorbide, etc. In recent years, the market demand for isosorbide in my country has been increasing. In 2020, the market demand for isosorbide reached 2,865 tons, of which the demand for industrial grade isosorbide reached more than 2,200 tons. , followed by pharmaceutical grade isosorbide.

In recent years, under the trend of bio-based development, using isosorbide as a comonomer to improve the properties of polyester, polyurethane, polyether, polycarbonate and other polymers has become a market research hotspot. For example, DuPont and Mitsubishi Chemical have developed a series of products containing Isosorbide polyester; South Korea’s Samyang Company produces biodegradable plastic “PBIAT” using isosorbide as raw material, which has the advantages of low carbon footprint and fast natural decomposition speed.

Industry analysts said that isosorbide is a bio-based material with excellent properties, and its downstream applications involve food, medicine, and cosmetics. , polymer modification and other fields. Against the background of increasingly strict environmental protection supervision, the isosorbide market has broad development space. At the same time, as research continues to deepen, isosorbide-based polymers have become the focus of market research. With the active exploration and layout of relevant companies, the development prospects of the isosorbide market are promising.