Enzymatic Synthesis of Biobased Polyesters Using 2,5-Bis(hydroxymethyl)furan as the Building Block

2,5-Bis(hydroxymethyl)furan is a highly valuable biobased rigid diol resembling aromatic monomers in polyester synthesis. In this work, it was enzymatically polymerized with various diacid ethyl esters by Candida antarctica Lipase B (CALB) via a three-stage method. A series of novel biobased furan p...

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Published in:Biomacromolecules
Main Authors: Jiang, Yi, Woortman, Albert J. J., Alberda van Ekenstein, Gerhard, Petrovic, Dejan M., Loos, Katja
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2014
Subjects:
ANTARCTICA LIPASE B
CROSS-LINKABLE POLYESTERS
CATALYZED SYNTHESIS
RENEWABLE RESOURCES
IMMOBILIZATION
POLYAMIDES
POLYMERS
GREEN
COPOLYMERIZATION
POLYMERIZATIONS
Antarc*
Antarctica
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/11370/1275555d-8a07-4938-9794-c01734ea7e8c
https://research.rug.nl/en/publications/1275555d-8a07-4938-9794-c01734ea7e8c
https://doi.org/10.1021/bm500340w
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Summary:2,5-Bis(hydroxymethyl)furan is a highly valuable biobased rigid diol resembling aromatic monomers in polyester synthesis. In this work, it was enzymatically polymerized with various diacid ethyl esters by Candida antarctica Lipase B (CALB) via a three-stage method. A series of novel biobased furan polyesters with number-average molecular weights (M-n) around 2000 g/mol were successfully obtained. The chemical structures and physical properties of 2,5-bis(hydroxymethyl)furan-based polyesters were fully characterized. Furthermore, we discussed the effects of the number of the methylene units in the dicarboxylic segments on the physical properties of the furan polyesters.

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