Polyurethane has been widely used in various industries such as automotive, coating materials and footwear. Many types of petroleum based polymer resins are adopted coating materials for automotive interior part, door trim, instrument panel etc. Some global companies interested in the bio-based coating materials derived from renewable resources. BASF have been developed new polyester-/polyether type polyol for polyurethane coatings materials to reduce the Green House Gas (GHG) and replace petroleum with bio-based resources. We have been studied environmental furan based polyurethane using 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA) derived from bio-based Hydroxylmethylfurfural (HMF). In our study, we synthesized polyol using FDCA and some kinds of diol with long chain alkyl unit (decanediol or dodecanediol etc.) and then we polymerized bio-based polyurethane using various isocyante. High temperature GPC was employed to measure the molecular weight and their distribution. 1H NMR was used quantitative analysis of polyurethane chemical structure. Finally we observed polymerization parameter influence on molecular weight.

Synthesis of furan based polyol and preparation of its polyurethane

247th National Meeting (2014)

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