The contribution of bisfurfurylamine to the development and properties of polyureas

Polyureas are versatile polymers with diversified properties dependent on their chemical composition. Furan diamines can be interesting monomers for such materials because of their renewable character and ready availability from furfural, but they have not been extensively studied. The synthesis of furfurylamine‐based diamine and its condensation with an aliphatic and an aromatic diisocyanate to generate polyureas are described here together with the structure and properties of the ensuing materials. The thermoplastic features of both polymers were exploited through hot pressing of their respective powders, indicating the versatile properties of these polyureas based on a renewable comonomer. © 2020 Society of Chemical Industry