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Green Chemistry

Microwave heating for rapid conversion of sugars and polysaccharides to 5-chloromethyl furfural†

S. W. Breeden,a   J. H. Clark,a   T. J. Farmer,a   D. J. Macquarrie,*a   J. S. Meimoun,b   Y. Nonnec  and  J. E. S. J. Reida  

* Corresponding authors

a Green Chemistry Centre of Excellence, Department of Chemistry, University of York, Heslington, York, UK
E-mail: duncan.macquarrie@york.ac.uk
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b ENSICAEN, 6 boulevard Maréchal Juin, 14050 CAEN Cedex 04, France

c ESCOM, 1 allée du réseau Jean-Marie Buckmaster, 60200 Compiegne, France

Abstract

A range of carbohydrates has been rapidly and selectively converted to 5-chloromethyl furfural using microwave heating in a biphasic reaction system with a range of organic solvents. Fructose and inulin were especially effective for production of this valuable bio-platform molecule, with yields of >70% obtained in 15 minutes under microwave heating. Yields from cellulose were dramatically increased with ball mill pre-treatment, this being associated with a reduction in polysaccharide crystallinity.

Graphical abstract: Microwave heating for rapid conversion of sugars and polysaccharides to 5-chloromethyl furfural

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C2GC36290B
Article type
Communication
Submitted
14 Aug 2012
Accepted
16 Oct 2012
First published
18 Oct 2012

Green Chem., 2013,15, 72-75

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Microwave heating for rapid conversion of sugars and polysaccharides to 5-chloromethyl furfural

S. W. Breeden, J. H. Clark, T. J. Farmer, D. J. Macquarrie, J. S. Meimoun, Y. Nonne and J. E. S. J. Reid, Green Chem., 2013, 15, 72 DOI: 10.1039/C2GC36290B

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