Production of 5-(formyloxymethyl)furfural from biomass-derived sugars using mixed acid catalysts and upgrading into value-added chemicals
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2020
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In this work, 5-(formyloxymethyl)furfural (FMF) has been produced from biomass-derived hexose sugars within a biphasic reaction mixture consisting of aqueous formic acid (85%), a strong Brønsted acid catalyst, and 1,2-dichloroethane as an organic extractant. Using a combination of aqueous hydrobromic acid and formic acid, under optimized condition (80 °C, 8 h, 10 wt% substrate loading), 68% isolated yield of FMF was obtained from fructose. FMF has been demonstrated as a renewable chemical building block for the synthesis of renewable chemicals of commercial significance such as 5-methylfurfural, 2,5-diformylfuran, and 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid in good to excellent isolated yields. © 2020 Elsevier Ltd
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Aldehydes, Catalysts, Formic acid, Furfural, Sugars, 1 ,2-dichloroethanes, 2 ,5-furandicarboxylic acids, Biphasic reaction, Optimized conditions, Organic extractant, Renewable chemicals, Substrate loading, Value-added chemicals, Indicators (chemical), 1,2 dichloroethane, 5 (formyloxymethyl)furfural, aldehyde derivative, Bronsted acid, formic acid, fructose, furan derivative, hexose, hydrobromic acid, hydroxyaldehyde, unclassified drug, 5-methyl-2-furfural, carbohydrate, furfural, water, aqueous solution, Article, biomass, catalyst, hydrolysis, priority journal, reaction analysis, reaction optimization, renewable resource, solvent extraction, synthesis, catalysis, chemistry, conformation, molecular model, temperature, Biomass, Carbohydrate Conformation, Catalysis, Formates, Furaldehyde, Models, Molecular, Temperature, Water
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Carbohydrate Research, 2020, 497, , pp. -