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The research was conducted in order to develop a sustainable alternative to the previously used ethylene carbonate in lignin oxyalkylation processes. The main objective was to replace the previously used ethylene carbonate with propylene carbonate in a stoichiometrically equivalent molar amount in order to reduce polyol viscosity and improve the performance properties of the resulting foams. The syntheses were carried out without the need for isolation and purification of intermediate products. Polyols analogous to those described previously were obtained and subsequently used for the preparation of rigid polyurethane foams employing polymeric diphenylmethane diisocyanate. The properties of the obtained foams were investigated and compared with those of foams prepared from ethylene carbonate-based polyols. The results demonstrated that the use of propylene carbonate leads to the formation of lower-viscosity polyols, facilitating homogenization of the reaction systems and enabling the production of foams with advantageous performance characteristics, generally superior to those of foams based on ethylene carbonate. 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