Chemical synthesis of fully biomass-based poly (butylene succinate) from inedible-biomass-based furfural and evaluation of its biomass carbon ratio

Y Tachibana, T Masuda, M Funabashi…

Index: Tachibana, Yuya; Masuda, Takashi; Funabashi, Masahiro; Kunioka, Masao Biomacromolecules, 2010 , vol. 11, # 10 p. 2760 - 2765

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Abstract

We have produced fully biomass-based poly (butylene succinate)(PBS) from furfural produced from inedible agricultural cellulosic waste. Furfural was oxidized to give fumaric acid. Fumaric acid was hydrogenated under high pressure with a palladium− rhenium/carbon catalyst to give 1, 4-butanediol, and with a palladium/carbon catalyst to give succinic acid. Dimethyl succinate was synthesized from fumaric acid by esterification and ...