Antimony‐meditated efficient conversion of carbohydrates to 5‐hydroxymethylfurfural in a simple THF‐H2O binary solvent. Issue 4 (17th February 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Tong, Xinli; Yu, Linhao; Nie, Guangxia; Li, Zongmao; Liu, Jinbiao; Xue, Song
• Is Part Of: Environmental progress & sustainable energy. Volume 34:Issue 4(2015:Dec.)
• Page Start: 1136
• Page End: 1141
• Publication Date: 2015-02-17
• Subjects: Environmental engineering -- Periodicals; Sustainable engineering -- Periodicals; Environmental chemistry -- Periodicals; 333.7
• DOI: 10.1002/ep.12103
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1944-7442

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main"> <title> <x xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <p>The renewable furan‐based platform chemical, 5‐hydromethylfurfural (HMF), was effectively produced from hexoses in a THF‐H₂O biphasic solvent. For the dehydration of fructose, antimony chloride (SbCl₃) is first found to be more efficient than other metal chlorides in the THF‐H₂O medium. As a result, it is found that 84.0% of yield of HMF was obtained with SbCl₃‐LiBr catalytic system at 120°C for 1.5 h. In addition, the effects of reaction temperature, the additive and the used catalyst amount have been investigated and the suitable reaction conditions were achieved. Furthermore, the catalytic dehydration of various carbohydrates was studied and the promising results were obtained. © 2015 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Environ Prog, 34: 1136–1141, 2015</p> </abstract>