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Creating Renewable Tunable Polymers From Hydroxymethylfurfural, Meredith C. Allen
Creating Renewable Tunable Polymers From Hydroxymethylfurfural, Meredith C. Allen
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The research here deals with the conversion of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) into a tunable polymer. HMF is a known derivative that can be acquired from biomass via hydrolysis of cellulose followed by isomerization and finally selective dehydration. The process considered here is being developed to create tunable polymers from HMF and involves several different steps, three of which are covered here. The first step, an etherification, is the reaction of HMF with an alcohol. This step is significant because in this step the R-group from the alcohol is added to HMF and the branching portion formed is carried over to the …