Journal
ACS CATALYSIS
Volume 2, Issue 6, Pages 930-934Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/cs300192z
Keywords
biomass; Lewis acid; HMF; glucose; biphasic
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- National Science Foundation (Center for Biorenewable Chemicals, CBiRC, at Iowa State University) [EEC-0813570]
- Center for Enabling New Technologies Through Catalysis, CENTC, at the University of Washington, Seattle
- Direct For Mathematical & Physical Scien
- Division Of Materials Research [0934115] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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We report the catalytic conversion of glucose in high yields (62%) to 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF), a versatile platform chemical. The reaction system consists of a Lewis acid metal chloride (e.g., AlCl3) and a Bronsted acid (HCl) in a biphasic reactor consisting of water and an alkylphenol compound (2-sec-butylphenol) as the organic phase. The conversion of glucose in the presence of Lewis and Bronsted acidity proceeds through a tandem pathway involving isomerization of glucose to fructose, followed by dehydration of fructose to HMF. The organic phase extracts 97% of the HMF produced, while both acid catalysts remain in the aqueous phase.
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