7 resulting in di vinyl cyclized fatty acid monomers product 8b the fatty acids employed to make the fatty acid monomers of the invention can be obtained from any suitable source of triglycerides suitable renewable plant sources of fatty acids include but are not limited to almond seed oil arachis groundnut oil canola oil castor oil catnip oil cedarwood oil citronella oil coprah oil corn oil cottonseed oil garlic oil jojoba oil linseed oil neem oil olive oil palm oil palm kernal oil peanut oil perilla oil rapeseed oil rice bran oil safflower oil sesame oil soja oil soybean oil sunflower oil tall oil tung oil butter lard tallow vernonia yellow grease camelina carthame grape seed hazelnut poppy seed oil walnut oil avocado pear black currant borage cacao evening primrose kukui oil and wheat germ oil exemplary classes of fatty acids that may be employed to make the fatty acid monomers of the present invention include but are not limited to straight chain fatty acids branched chain fatty acids and ring containing fatty acids straight chain fatty acids include saturated fatty acids monoenoic fatty acids polyenoic fatty acids acetylenic fatty acids hydroxy fatty acids dicarboxylic fatty acids divinyl ether fatty acids sulfur containing fatty acids fatty acid amides methoxy fatty acids keto fatty acids and halogenated fatty acids branched chain fatty acids include branched alkyl fatty acids branched methoxy fatty acids and branched hydroxy fatty acids mycolic acids ring containing fatty acids include cyclopropane fatty acids cyclopentenyl fatty acids furanoid fatty acids cyclohexyl fatty acids phenylalkanoic fatty acids epoxy fatty acids and lipoic fatty acids exemplary fatty acids that may be employed to make the fatty acid monomers of the present invention include but are not limited to butyric acid capric.