OB23 Heterogeneous Catalysts for Conversion of Carbohydrates to 5-(hydroxymethyl)Furfaral (HMF)

Tuesday, June 7, 2011: 1:30 PM
Columbus Ballroom (Detroit Marriott Hotel at the Renaissance Center )
Eranda Nikolla1, Manuel Moliner1, Yuriy Román2 and Mark E. Davis3, (1)Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, (2)Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, (3)Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
This work shows that a zeolite-based catalyst can operate at low pH, high salt aqueous environment to give efficient conversion of glucose to HMF, which is a crucial step toward the establishment of biomass-based chemical platforms. This is the first example of a zeolite-based catalyst to function in that manner.

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