Issue 12, 2008
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Green Chemistry

Conversion of fructose to 5-hydroxymethylfurfural using ionic liquids prepared from renewable materials†

Suqin Hu,a   Zhaofu Zhang,a   Yinxi Zhou,a   Buxing Han,*a   Honglei Fan,a   Wenjing Li,a   Jinliang Songa  and  Ye Xiea  

* Corresponding authors

a Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
E-mail: hanbx@iccas.ac.cn
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Abstract

Efficient conversion of fructose to 5-hydroxymethylfurfural is a key step for using carbohydrates to produce liquid fuels and value-added chemicals. Here we show that some ionic liquids synthesized from cheap renewable materials are very efficient for the conversion of fructose to HMF. The yield and selectivity could be higher than 90% as the reaction was conducted in an ethyl acetate/renewable IL biphasic system and the separation process had no cross-contamination. Moreover, the IL can be reused easily.

Graphical abstract: Conversion of fructose to 5-hydroxymethylfurfural using ionic liquids prepared from renewable materials

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B810392E
Article type
Communication
Submitted
19 Jun 2008
Accepted
07 Oct 2008
First published
17 Oct 2008

Green Chem., 2008,10, 1280-1283

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Conversion of fructose to 5-hydroxymethylfurfural using ionic liquids prepared from renewable materials

S. Hu, Z. Zhang, Y. Zhou, B. Han, H. Fan, W. Li, J. Song and Y. Xie, Green Chem., 2008, 10, 1280 DOI: 10.1039/B810392E

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