With the increasing demand of petroleumcontinuing to negatively influence our economy and security, transitioning torenewable fuels and high value chemicals has become a high priority in thesciences.  Our focus has been to develop organicand organometallic compounds from furans derived from carbohydrates. Specially,starting with a common saccharification co-product furfural, we have been ableto form a 5,6-fused ring pyridazine, 1,2-C5H3(CC4H3ONH)(CC4H3ON),in modest yield (41%) from a 1,2-difuroyl cyclopentadiene (fulvene), 1,2-C5H3(COC4H3O)(COHC4H3O).In addition, several manganese and ruthenium tricarbonyl complexes have beenformed utilizing this furoyl fulvene.  This wasaccomplished by transmetallating with its thallium salt and Mn(CO)5Bror Re(CO)5Br in good yields (61 and 66%), followed by ring closureto afford their pyridazyl complexes (76%).  This poster will discuss the application oforganometalic conducting materials in electronics, the role of furans inalternative energy applications, and the synthesis and characterization ofvarious fused-ring furan derivatives.

Furan derivatives: Utilization of biomass byproducts as renewable building blocks

241st National Meeting (2011)

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