Issue 44, 2013

Hydrothermal production of furfural from xylose and xylan as model compounds for hemicelluloses

Abstract

The uncatalyzed microwave-assisted hydrothermal conversion of xylose and xylan as hemicellulose model compounds to furfural at temperatures of 160–240 °C and reaction times of 5–240 min is investigated. With acceptable reaction rates at 200 °C the conversion of xylose provides furfural with a maximum yield of 49%. The conversion of xylan, however, requires lower temperatures (160–180 °C) in order to promote the hydrolysis of the polymer, yielding xylose as a furfural precursor.

Graphical abstract: Hydrothermal production of furfural from xylose and xylan as model compounds for hemicelluloses

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
20 Jun 2013
Accepted
18 Sep 2013
First published
19 Sep 2013

RSC Adv., 2013,3, 22253-22260

Hydrothermal production of furfural from xylose and xylan as model compounds for hemicelluloses

M. Möller and U. Schröder, RSC Adv., 2013, 3, 22253 DOI: 10.1039/C3RA43108H

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