Making bio-based PET monomer from furfural
| By Tetsuo Satoh
The research group of Yuya Tachibana at Gunma University (Gunma, Japan; greenpolymer.chem-bio.st.gunma-u.ac.jp) has developed a procedure for the production of terephthalic acid (TPA), the monomer of the widely used thermoplastic polymer polyethylene…