Solid Acid Catalysts Modified with Poly-(vinyl pyrrolidone) for the Selective Production of Biomass-derived 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural

Alamillo, Ricardo

Monday, June 3, 2013: 4:20 PM

Ballroom A (Galt House Hotel)

Ricardo Alamillo¹, Anthony J. Crisci¹, Jean Marcel Gallo¹, Susannah L. Scott² and James A. Dumesic¹, (1)University of Wisconsin Madison, USA, (2)University of California Santa Barbara, USA.

We report a novel solid acid catalyst modified with poly-(vinyl pyrrolidone) (PVP) that shows increased HMF selectivity from fructose relative to non-modified solid acid catalysts. ¹³C NMR results show that PVP localized near acid sites accounts for increased fructose-furanose concentrations that facilitate fructose dehydration to HMF.

Extended Abstracts:

NAM HMF PVP abstract RA final.pdf (33.1KB) - Extended Abstract

O-M-BRA-14 Solid Acid Catalysts Modified with Poly-(vinyl pyrrolidone) for the Selective Production of Biomass-derived 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural