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BIOCATALYSIS AND AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY
Volume 24, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.bcab.2020.101551
Keywords
5-Hydroxymethylfurfural; 2,5-Furandimethanol; Coconut; Biocatalysis; Reduction
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- National Science Foundation (NSF) of the United States [CBET-0929970, CBET1336469, HRD-1036593]
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The hexose dehydration product and important renewable feedstock 5-hydroxymethylfurfural can be bio-catalytically reduced to 2,5-furandimethanol in 96% yield using coconut (Cocos nucifera L.) water as the biocatalyst at room temperature. The dimer of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural 5,5'-[oxybis(methylene)]bis[2-furaldehyde] can also be reduced to the corresponding diol 5,5'-[oxybis(methylene)]bis-[2-furanmethanol] using coconut (Cocos nucifera L.) water in 95% yield under similar conditions. This biocatalytic system could be reused in four cycles without an appreciable loss in activity.
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