4,4’-Dibenzoic acid is one of the important monomers for the synthesis of general-purpose high-performance polymers and liquid crystal materials [1]. However, this monomer has shortcomings such as long industrial synthesis route, heavy pollution, low selectivity, and poor biodegradability of the synthesized polymer. Under increasingly severe environmental control and carbon neutrality restrictions, its industrial production and polymer application have become increasingly difficult. Subject to many restrictions. Therefore, it is of great significance to develop alternatives to 4,4’-bibenzoic acid. Among them, 2,2'-bifuran-5,5'-dicarboxylic acid (BFDCA) and its derived diesters are similar in structure to 4,4'-dibenzoic acid, and are both derived from agricultural by-products and are simple to synthesize. The conditions are mild and the corresponding polymer is biodegradable, making it an excellent substitute for 4,4'-biphenyldicarboxylic acid.

2,2'-Difuran-5,5'-dicarboxylic acid monomer and its derived diester can undergo polymerization reactions with aliphatic diols, diamines, aromatic diphenols, diamines, etc., and are used for synthesis Various polymer materials can also be used in the synthesis of various copolymer compounds. The resulting polymers exhibit good mechanical strength and liquid crystal behavior. For example, polymers obtained by polymerizing BFDCA with ethylene glycol exhibit significantly lower liquid crystalline behavior than the corresponding biphenyldicarboxylic acid polymers and have better machining properties (Figure 1) [2][2]

Diethyl 2,2'-bifuran-5,5'-dicarboxylate monomer can polymerize with aliphatic and aromatic diols/diamines at lower temperatures than BFDCA. In addition, it can be copolymerized with other monomers, allowing for the flexible synthesis of multifunctional polymers.

Bailingwei exclusively sells the scientific research results of Professor Yin Guochuan of Huazhong University of Science and Technology - 2,2'-difuran-5,5'-dicarboxylic acid and 2,2'-difuran-5,5'-dicarboxylic acid diethyl ester, product advantages as follows:

Similar in structure to 4,4’-biphenyldicarboxylic acid, but the synthesis is simple, the conditions are mild, and the polymer product is biodegradable;
2,2'-bifuran-5,5'-diethyl dicarboxylate monomer can be polymerized at lower temperatures;
It solves the problems of carbon neutrality restrictions and serious environmental pollution faced by the production of 4,4’-biphenyldicarboxylic acid.

Yin Guochuan is a professor and doctoral supervisor at the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at Huazhong University of Science and Technology. Research direction: Catalytic oxidation, specifically including elucidating basic scientific issues in catalytic oxidation, such as the oxidation performance relationship between active species during the oxidation process and how adding additives affects the reaction performance of the oxidation catalyst, and developing new catalytic technologies for application in organic wastewater. treatment and utilization, deriving petrochemical alternatives from biological resources, and practical industrial catalytic applications.

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Product name: [2,2'-Bifuran][2,2'-Bifuran]-5,5'-dicarboxylic acid, 5,5'-diethyl ester, 98%
2,2'-Difuran-5,5'-dicarboxylic acid diethyl ester
CAS:500891-46-3
Item number: 9298327

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2. Yu Lei, Sicheng Zhang, Guanfei Shen, Jinlian Zhu, Jing-Wen Xue, Zhuqi Chen, Guochuan Yin. Feasible synthesis of the bifuran based monomer for polymer synthesis from hemicellulose derived platform. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2020, 59, 19876-19883.