Renewable monomer and polymer thereof

Described is a compound having the structure (I), (II) or (V), Formulae(I), (II), (V), wherein R1 is -H, -CH2OH or -CH(OH)CH2OH; R2 is -H, -OH, or -CH2OH; R3 is -H, -OH, or -CH2OH; n is 0 or 1; p is 0 or 1; R10 is hydrogen or a hydrocarbon moiety with 1 to 20 carbon atoms, wherein each hydrogen atom of the hydrocarbon moiety may optionally be substituted with a C1-C4-alkyl group or a halogen atom; R is either -Z-F or Y and wherein Z is a hydrocarbon moiety with 0 to 10 carbon atoms, optionally substituted with 1 to 4 C1-C4-alkyl groups or 1 to 4 halogen atoms, and F is -COOH, -CH(COOH)2, - COOR4, -CHO, -CH(CHO)2, -C2H3, -C2H, -N3, -NH2, -NHR7, -OH, -CH(CH2OH)2, wherein R4 is a C1-C4-alkyl group and R7 is a C1-C4-alkyl group and wherein Y is hydrogen or a linear, branched or cyclic organic residue having 1 to 20 carbon atoms with the proviso that if R is Y and n is 0 at least one of R1 or R2 is not hydrogen. Also described is a method for the preparation of the compound, a polymer derived from the compound as well as a method for the preparation of the polymer.