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Cover Feature: Furan‐Based Copolyesters from Renewable Resources: Enzymatic Synthesis and Properties (ChemSusChem 5/2019)
Author(s) -
Maniar Dina,
Jiang Yi,
Woortman Albert J. J.,
van Dijken Jur,
Loos Katja
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
chemsuschem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.412
H-Index - 157
eISSN - 1864-564X
pISSN - 1864-5631
DOI - 10.1002/cssc.201900492
Subject(s) - furan , polyester , monomer , biocatalysis , copolymer , hydroxymethyl , chemistry , organic chemistry , polymer chemistry , catalysis , reaction mechanism , polymer
The Cover Feature shows the copolymerization of biomass‐derived dimethyl 2,5‐furandicarboxylate and 2,5‐bis(hydroxymethyl)furan monomers with aliphatic linear diols, and diacid ethyl esters by using Novozyme 435 as a biocatalyst. The resultant furan‐based copolyesters are thoroughly characterized and compared with their polyester analogs and are found to have high molecular weights up to 35 000 g mol −1 . More information can be found in the Full Paper by Maniar et al. on page 990 in Issue 5, 2019 (DOI: 10.1002/cssc.201802867).