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Publication history: Received August 13, 2014
Accepted October 29, 2014

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Characterizations of furfuryl alcohol oligomer/polymerization catalyzed by homogeneous and heterogeneous acid catalysts

Taejin Kim^{1 2†} Jiwon Jeong³ Mohammed Rahman¹ Elaine Zhu¹ Devinder Mahajan^{1 2}

¹Chemical and Molecular Engineering Department, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA ²Materials Science and Engineering Department, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA ³Chemistry Department, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA

Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering, December 2014, 31(12), 2124-2129(6), 10.1007/s11814-014-0322-x

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Abstract

The liquid-phase oligomer/polymerization of furfuryl alcohol (FA) catalyzed by homogeneous and heterogeneous acid catalysts was investigated by Infrared (IR) spectroscopy. At room temperature and 100 ℃, FA was not decomposed with metal oxide catalysts except for tungsten oxide, whereas amberlyst and sulfuric acid converted a furfuryl alcohol monomer into oligomer/polymer even at a room temperature. During FA oligomer/polymerization reaction, a strong C=O band observed in the IR spectra provided a diketone structure, which was not observed in the Raman spectroscopy. Based on the FA monomer color changings and IR spectra, tungsten oxide can be possibly applied as a heterogeneous catalyst for controlling the product distribution and avoiding a product separation issue from catalyst.

Keywords

Furfuryl Alcohol Oligomer/Polymerization Metal Oxide Heterogeneous Homogeneous Infrared Spectroscopy

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