Furans as offspring of sugars and polysaccharides and progenitors of a family of remarkable polymers: a review of recent progress

A Gandini - Polymer Chemistry, 2010 - pubs.rsc.org
The recent literature on polymers incorporating furanheterocycles or moieties derived from
them is reviewed to highlight an important area of polymers from renewable resources …

Controlled polymerization of next-generation renewable monomers and beyond

K Yao, C Tang - Macromolecules, 2013 - ACS Publications
Natural molecular biomass plays an important role in the field of renewable polymers, as
they can be directly used or derivatized as monomers for controlled polymerization, in a way …

[HTML][HTML] Reactive extraction and recovery of levulinic acid, formic acid and furfural from aqueous solutions containing sulphuric acid

T Brouwer, M Blahusiak, K Babic, B Schuur - Separation and Purification …, 2017 - Elsevier
Levulinic acid (LA) can be produced from lignocellulosic materials via hydroxylation
followed by an acid-catalyzed conversion of hexoses. Inorganic homogeneous catalysts are …

Efficient conversion of furfuryl alcohol into alkyl levulinates catalyzed by an organic–inorganic hybrid solid acid catalyst

Z Zhang, K Dong, Z Zhao - ChemSusChem, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
A clean, facile, and environment‐friendly catalytic method has been developed for the
conversion of furfuryl alcohol into alkyl levulinates making use of the novel solid catalyst …

An in Situ NMR Study of the Mechanism for the Catalytic Conversion of Fructose to 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural and then to Levulinic Acid Using 13C Labeled d …

J Zhang, E Weitz - ACS catalysis, 2012 - ACS Publications
The pathways for the formation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) by dehydration of d-
fructose and for the formation of levulinic acid and formic acid from HMF by rehydration were …

Electrocatalytic synthesis of heterocycles from biomass-derived furfuryl alcohols

X Liu, B Li, G Han, X Liu, Z Cao, D Jiang… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
It is very attractive yet underexplored to synthesize heterocyclic moieties pertaining to
biologically active molecules from biomass-based starting compounds. Herein, we report an …

Acid‐catalyzed furfuryl alcohol polymerization: characterizations of molecular structure and thermodynamic properties

T Kim, RS Assary, CL Marshall, DJ Gosztola… - …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The liquid‐phase polymerization of furfuryl alcohol catalyzed by sulfuric acid catalysts and
the identities of molecular intermediates were investigated by using Raman spectroscopy …

Ammonium lignosulfonate adhesives for particleboards with pMDI and furfuryl alcohol as crosslinkers

V Hemmilä, S Adamopoulos, R Hosseinpourpia… - Polymers, 2019 - mdpi.com
Tightening formaldehyde emission limits and the need for more sustainable materials have
boosted research towards alternatives to urea-formaldehyde adhesives for wood-based …

Supercapacitors fabricated via laser-induced carbonization of biomass-derived poly (furfuryl alcohol)/graphene oxide composites

GF Hawes, D Yilman, BS Noremberg… - ACS Applied Nano …, 2019 - ACS Publications
The use of low-cost and widely available infrared lasers to pattern laser-induced graphene
(LIG) into commercial polymers has incited intense research over the past few years due to …

Vibrational properties of levulinic acid and furan derivatives: Raman spectroscopy and theoretical calculations

T Kim, RS Assary, LA Curtiss… - Journal of Raman …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
In this work, the Raman spectra of furan, furfuryl alcohol (FA), furfural, hydroxymethylfurfural
(HMF), and levulinic acid were obtained in the 500 to 4000 cm− 1 spectral region at room …