Greater than 95% of all organic chemicals produced in the U.S. are derived from petroleum.  As the availability of petroleum-based feedstocks decrease and petroleum prices increase, economic forces will encourage chemical and chemical-related industries to transition to alternate and renewable carbon feedstocks.  New chemistry for biomass conversions will be required to enable this transition.   This presentation will focus on our initial efforts to develop bio-derived chemicals and polymers from non-food-source lignocellulose.  Specifically, we will report on our attempts to convert furfural to three different polymer precursors.  Syntheses, characterization, and potential applications to polymer synthesis will be discussed.

Conversion of bio-derived furfural to polymer precursors

243rd National Meeting (2012)

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