Efficient Catalytic Conversion of Fructose into 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural in Ionic Liquids at Room Temperature
Efficient Catalytic Conversion of Fructose into 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural in Ionic Liquids at Room Temperature
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室温下离子液体中果糖高效催化转化为 5-羟甲基糠醛
DOI:
10.1002/cssc.200900199
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发表时间:
2009-01-01
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影响因子:
8.4
通讯作者:
Smith, Richard Lee, Jr.
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作者:
Qi, Xinhua;Watanabe, Masaru;Smith, Richard Lee, Jr.
One of the main challenges for establishing a society that uses biomass-derived carbohydrate chemistry will be the development of effective chemical transformations that are rapid and that can be performed at room temperature. Herein, we report a method for transforming fructose into 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (5-HMF) that is quantitative and operates at room temperature. The preparation of 5-HMF, which is a versatile, key renewable platform molecule from biomass-derived carbohydrates, is regarded as an essential transformation needed in carbohydrate chemistry.[1–3] The formation of 5-HMF by the acid-catalyzed dehydration of fructose has been demonstrated in water,[4] traditional organic solvents,[5, 6] multiphase systems,[1–3] and ionic liquids (ILs).[7–9] Dumesic and co-workers studied acid-catalyzed fructose dehydration in a two-phase reactor system at 1808C,[1] and achieved a maximum 5-HMF selectivity of 85% with 89% fructose conversion.[3] Binder et al. developed a process that converted fructose to 5-HMF in N, N-dimethylacetamide in the presence of KI and H2SO4 at 1008C for 5 h reaction time, and achieved a 5-HMF yield of 92%.[6] These reports indicate that the effective conversion of fructose into 5-HMF in water, organic solvents, and multiphase systems requires high reaction temperatures of 100 to 3008C. Ionic liquids have been studied for the transformation of fructose and it has been found that the reaction temperature can be lowered to temperatures ranging from 80 to 1408C for reaction times on the order of hours. Zhao etal. achieved a 5-HMF yield of 83% in an ionic liquid solvent (1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride,[EMIM][Cl]) with CrCl2 as catalyst at a temperature of 808C for a reaction time of 3 h.[9] Yong et al. studied the production of 5-HMF from fructose in 1-butyl-3-methyl imidazolium chloride ([BMIM][Cl]) using CrCl2 as catalyst, and 5-HMF yields of 96% were achieved at 1008C in 6 h reaction time.[7] Up until now, all of these processes have reported that temperatures above 808C were necessary for the transformation reactions, with some of the chief reasons being those related to the melting point of the ionic liquid or to the high viscosity of the reaction mixture.