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    A scalable and high-yielding synthesis of 2-(2-furyl)-1,3-dioxolane from biomass derived furfural and ethylene glycol using heteropoly acids as green catalyst
    (Chemical Publishing Co., 2019) Tiwari, R.; Mal, S.S.; Dutta, S.
    In present work, Keggin-type commercial heteropoly acids have been employed as efficient solid acid catalysts in the acetalization of biomass-derived furfural with ethylene glycol. The reaction was optimized on parameters such as the type and loading of catalyst, duration of reaction and the relative ratio of reagents. The reaction was scaled up and the cyclic acetal 2-(furan-2-yl)-1,3-dioxolane was isolated in 92 % yield within 4 h using only 2 wt % of phosphotungstic acid in refluxing benzene. © 2019 Chemical Publishing Co.. All rights reserved.
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    Selective oxidation of biomass-derived furfural to 2(5H)-furanone using trifluoroacetic acid as the catalyst and hydrogen peroxide as a green oxidant
    (Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2023) Bhat, N.S.; Kumar, R.; Jana, A.; Mal, S.S.; Dutta, S.
    In this work, biomass-derived furfural has been selectively oxidized to 2(5H)-furanone using aqueous hydrogen peroxide as the green oxidant. Among various homogeneous acid catalysts screened for the transformation, trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) was found to be the most suitable candidate that afforded up to 52% isolated yield of 2(5H)-furanone under mild conditions (RT, 1 h). In addition, succinic acid was recovered in nearly 20% yield from the aqueous layer. The organic solvent-free, gram-scale reaction was optimized on temperature, the molar ratio of H2O2 and furfural, and the amount of TFA used. [Figure not available: see fulltext.]. © 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH, DE part of Springer Nature.