Title of article
Bio-based bisfuran: synthesis, crystal structure, and low molecular weight amorphous polyester
Author/Authors
Gaitonde، نويسنده , , Vishwanath and Lee، نويسنده , , Kyunghee and Kirschbaum، نويسنده , , Kristin and Sucheck، نويسنده , , Steven J.، نويسنده ,
Issue Information
هفته نامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2014
Pages
5
From page
4141
To page
4145
Abstract
Discovery of renewable monomer feedstocks for fabrication of polymeric demand is critical in achieving sustainable materials. In the present work we have synthesized bisfuran diol (BFD) monomer from furfural, over four steps. BFD was examined via X-ray crystallography to understand the molecular arrangement in space, hydrogen bonding, and packing of the molecules. These data were further used to compare BFD with structurally related bisphenol A (BPA), and its known derivatives to predict the potential estrogenic or anti-estrogenic activities in BFD. Further, BFD was reacted with succinic acid to generate polyester material, bisfuran polyester (BFPE-1). MALDI characterization of BFPE-1 indicates low molecular weight polyester and thermal analysis reveals amorphous nature of the material.
Keywords
X-ray crystallography , Bisphenol A (BPA) , Bisfuran diol (BFD) , Furfural , BIOMASS , Bisfuran polyester (BFPE-1)
Journal title
Tetrahedron Letters
Serial Year
2014
Journal title
Tetrahedron Letters
Record number
1890161
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