Journal
CARBOHYDRATE RESEARCH
Volume 481, Issue -, Pages 52-59Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2019.06.010
Keywords
Cellulose; HMF; Boehmite; Heterogeneous catalysis; Carbohydrates
Funding
- Talent Instruction Projects of the Yancheng Institute of Technology [KJC2014015, XJ201724]
- Provincial Education Program of Jiangsu [17KJD530002]
- Jiangsu Overseas Visiting Scholar Program for University Prominent Young & middle-aged Teachers and Presidents
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High efficiency conversion of cellulose to 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) remains a challenge today. A simple solid acid catalyst Boehmite (gamma-AlOOH) with high hydrothermal stability was prepared and used as sole catalyst for the direct conversion of cellulose into HMF in mixed reaction solvents of ionic liquid 1-buthyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride (BmimCl) and dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO). This was aimed at developing an efficient and inexpensive catalyst for the production of HMF. The effects of factors such as water, solvent, catalyst load, temperature and reaction duration were investigated. An impressive HMF yield of 58.4% with 97.2% cellulose conversion was obtained at 160 degrees C after 2 h. More importantly, the catalyst gamma-AlOOH was reused several times without loss of its catalytic properties. After five reaction runs, an HMF yield of 47.8% with 91.0% conversion was also obtained. In addition, the catalyst gamma-AlOOH displayed excellent catalytic effects on the degradation of other carbohydrates. High yields of HMF from other carbohydrates such as glucose (61.2%), starch (62.7%) and inulin (70.5%) were achieved using gamma-AlOOH as the catalyst. The proposed catalytic method shows a promising potential for HMF preparation, especially for industrial-scale HMF production from renewable bioresources.
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