The present disclosure is directed towards methods of converting glycerol toan allylcompound, involving deoxydehydrating glycerol with formic acid and heat toform allyl alcohol;and esterifying the allyl alcohol with formic acid and heat to form allylformate. In someinstances, the heat is generated by a microwave. In further instances, themethods involvepolymerizing the allyl alcohol or allyl formate to form poly(allyl alcohol) orpoly(allyl formate).