Synthesis and evaluation of dialkyl furan-2,5-dicarboxylates as plasticizers for PVC

✍ Scribed by R. D. Sanderson; D. F. Schneider; I. Schreuder

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1994
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 628 KB
• Volume: 53
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0021-8995
• DOI: 10.1002/app.1994.070531308

✦ Synopsis

Di (2-ethylhexyl), di (2-octyl), dihexyl, and dibutyl furan-2,5-dicarboxylate were synthesized from furfural and characterized for their plasticizing abilities toward PVC by dynamic mechanical thermal analysis (DMTA) with di (2-ethylhexy1)phthalate (DOP) as the standard of reference. DMTA gave values for the depression of the glass transition temperature ( T,) per mass fraction of plasticizer, and it also yielded a set of parameters, relative to those for DOP, which describe the compatibility of the furan diesters with PVC. The efficiency in lowering T, as exhibited by di ( 2-ethylhexyl) furan-2,5-dicarboxylate is similar to that of its benzenoid analog, DOP, and was determined at 2.41 and 2.45OC per mass % plasticizer, respectively. All four furan diesters were found to be more compatible toward PVC than toward DOP, with dibutyl furan-2,5-dicarboxylate the most highly compatible.