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.