Three Families of Furan-Based α,ω-Diene Monomers

Even though furan-based polymers have attracted the attention of the scientific community, their exploitation is still in its infancy and mostly focussed on polymers derived from furan 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA). Various polycondensation methods have been used for the synthesis of FDCA-derived furanic polyesters[1] that often require harsh reaction conditions, environmentally hazardous procedures and limited control over the polymer structures. In turn, acyclic diene metathesis (ADMET) as the advantage to synthesize polymers with precise control over polymer structures under mild conditions.[2] In this view, over the last few years, we have focussed our research on preparing a library of new furanics biomonomers, namely furanic α,ω-diene monomers (Figure 1) that will then be used to prepare several families of biopolymers via Acyclic Diene Metathesis (ADMET) polymerization.