SUMMARY A two-step transesterification procedure was applied to combinations of difuranic diesters and both aliphatic and furanic diols. The reaction parameters (including the nature of the catalyst) were varied in both phases of the process and the results compared with those published for similar systems based on aromatic diesters. The best results related to the first phase of the synthesis were obtained using Zn(Ac0)2, Pb(AcO)2 or Ti(OBu), at 200°C with a large excess of diol. The second phase, which led to the actual polymer at 200-240°C, called upon the catalytic action of SnC204, S b 0 3 and Ti(OBu), and was prolonged until the viscosity of the media ceased to increase. Specific problems, related to some fragile moieties, limited the success of these polymerizations to a number of combinations which gave polyesters bearing regular structures and molecular weights in the tens of thousands.
A two‐step transesterification procedure was applied to combinations of difuranic diesters and both aliphatic and furanic diols. The reaction parameters (including the nature of the catalyst) were varied in both phases of the process and the results compared with those published for similar systems based on aromatic diesters. The best results related to the first phase of the synthesis were obtained using Zn(AcO)2, Pb(AcO)2 or Ti(OBu)4 at 200°C with a large excess of diol. The second phase, which led to the actual polymer at 200–240°C, called upon the catalytic action of SnC2O4, Sb2O3 and Ti(OBu)4 and was prolonged until the viscosity of the media ceased to increase. Specific problems, related to some fragile moieties, limited the success of these polymerizations to a number of combinations which gave polyesters bearing regular structures and molecular weights in the tens of thousands.
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