Multicatalysis from renewable resources: a direct route to furan-based polyesters?

Green Chemistry Pub Date: 2021-08-20 DOI: 10.1039/D1GC01889B

Abstract

Here we present a multicatalytic route to produce 2,5-bis(hydroxymethyl)furan and the corresponding (co)polymers from stable 2,5-furanedicarboxylic acid. This approach combines the use of several commercial catalysts and in particular allows to quantitatively obtain two key furan intermediates, not contaminated by humins.

Graphical abstract: Multicatalysis from renewable resources: a direct route to furan-based polyesters
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