Synthesis and photo-polymerization of bio-based furanic compounds functionalized by 2-hydroxypropyl methacrylate group(s)

摘要

One of the themes dominating polymer chemistry over the last few years has been the quest to develop biobased polymers, as alternatives to the petrochemical-derived polymers. This paper describes the synthesis of 2-hydroxypropyl methacrylate (HPM)-functionalised furanic compounds, using furan-2-methanol (FM) and furan-2,5-dimethanol (FD) that can be obtained from carbohydrate and cellulose.