Production of Furfuryl Alcohol from Corncob Catalyzed By CCZU-KF Cell Via Chemoenzymatic Approach

Abstract

In this work, the hybrid route of chemo-catalysis and bio-catalysis were used to chemoenzymatically catalyze corncob to produce furfuryl alcohol via sequential conversion with solid acid catalyst at 180 ℃ for 10 min, and E. coli CCZU-KF whole-cell biocatalyst at 35 ℃ for 72 h in 10 vol% choline chloride system. The yield of furfuryl alcohol was 97.7%. This work successfully demonstrated the green and efficient synthesis of furfuryl alcohol production from biomass via chemoenzymatic approach.