Production of levoglucosenone and 5-hydroxymethylfurfural from cellulose in polar aprotic solvent

Production of levoglucosenone and 5-hydroxymethylfurfural from cellulose in polar aprotic solvent–water mixtures

Published:2017 Issue:15 Volume:19 Page:3642-3653
ISSN:1463-9262
Container-title:Green Chemistry
language:en
Short-container-title:Green Chem.

Author:

He Jiayue¹²³⁴^ORCID,Liu Mingjie¹²³⁴,Huang Kefeng¹²³⁴^ORCID,Walker Theodore W.¹²³⁴,Maravelias Christos T.¹²³⁴^ORCID,Dumesic James A.¹²³⁴,Huber George W.¹²³⁴^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering

2. University of Wisconsin-Madison

3. Madison

4. USA

Abstract

We demonstrate a process to produce levoglucosenone (LGO) and 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) from cellulose in up to 65% carbon yield using H₂SO₄ as catalyst and a solvent consisting of tetrahydrofuran (THF) and H₂O.

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Subject

Pollution,Environmental Chemistry

Link

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2017/GC/C7GC01688C

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