Conversion of carbohydrates into 5-hydroxymethylfurfural catalyzed by ZnCl2 in water

Tiansheng Deng; Xiaojing Cui; Yongqin Qi; Yinxiong Wang; Xianglin Hou; Yulei Zhu

doi:10.1039/C2CC00122E

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Conversion of carbohydrates into 5-hydroxymethylfurfural catalyzed by ZnCl₂ in water†

Tiansheng Deng,^ab Xiaojing Cui,^ac Yongqin Qi,^a Yinxiong Wang,^a Xianglin Hou*^a and Yulei Zhu*^ac

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^b Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China

^c State Key Laboratory of Coal Conversion, Institute of Coal Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Taiyuan, People's Republic of China

Abstract

The incompletely coordinated zinc ions in the concentrated aqueous ZnCl₂ solution catalyze the direct conversion of carbohydrates into 5-hydroxymethylfurfural, and a moderate HMF yield up to 50% can be achieved.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C2CC00122E
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 07 Jan 2012
Accepted: 11 Apr 2012
First published: 11 Apr 2012

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Chem. Commun., 2012,48, 5494-5496

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Conversion of carbohydrates into 5-hydroxymethylfurfural catalyzed by ZnCl₂ in water

T. Deng, X. Cui, Y. Qi, Y. Wang, X. Hou and Y. Zhu, Chem. Commun., 2012, 48, 5494 DOI: 10.1039/C2CC00122E

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