Efficient and environmental-friendly dehydration of fructose to 5-hydroxymethyl-2-furfural in water under high pressure of CO 2

To develop reaction systems of chemical conversion of biomass, fructose was heated in an aqueous medium under pressurized CO 2 , which caused in situ generation of carbonic acid. It gave 5-hydroxymethyl-2-furfural (HMF) as a dehydration product in good yields. The maximum yield of HMF was 92% in the...

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Published in:Tetrahedron Letters
Main Authors: Motokucho, Suguru, Morikawa, Hiroshi, Nakatani, Hisayuki, Noordover, Bart A.J.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2016
Subjects:
CO
Online Access:https://research.tue.nl/en/publications/183052a3-db70-4ffc-af31-4dc5c1ac3993
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tetlet.2016.09.036
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Summary:To develop reaction systems of chemical conversion of biomass, fructose was heated in an aqueous medium under pressurized CO 2 , which caused in situ generation of carbonic acid. It gave 5-hydroxymethyl-2-furfural (HMF) as a dehydration product in good yields. The maximum yield of HMF was 92% in the reaction at 90 °C under 7.0 MPa of CO 2 for 168 h. The reaction proceeded in the absence of any other reagents such as non-volatile acids, organic solvents, inorganic, and organic salts. It means green, environmental-friendly, and efficient process was achieved for production of HMF.