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GREEN CHEMISTRY
Volume 12, Issue 2, Pages 321-325Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/b916354a
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- Danish National Advanced Technology Foundation
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The direct conversion of glucose to 5-(hydroxymethyl)furfural (HMF) in ionic liquids with lanthanide catalysts was examined in search of a possibly more environmentally feasible process not involving chromium. The highest HMF yield was obtained with ytterbium chloride or triflate together with alkylimidazolium chlorides. Notably, a higher reactivity was observed when the hydrophobicity of the imidazolium cation was increased, in contrast to analogous chromium catalyst systems. This indicates a different reaction mechanism for the lanthanides than for the chromium catalyst systems.
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