Conversion of plant biomass to furan derivatives and sustainable access to the new generation of polymers, functional materials and fuels

VM Chernyshev, OA Kravchenko… - Russian Chemical …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) is an important versatile reagent, a so-called platform
chemical, that can be produced from plant biomass compounds: hexose carbohydrates and …

Sulfonated mesoporous carbon and silica-carbon nanocomposites for biomass conversion

R Zhong, BF Sels - Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2018 - Elsevier
Sulfonated mesoporous carbon or silica-carbon nanocomposite materials possess a large
amount of accessible SO 3 H acid groups, which may have versatile applications as solid …

Catalytic fructose dehydration to 5-hydroxymethylfurfural on the surface of sulfonic acid modified ordered mesoporous SBA-16

M Niakan, M Masteri-Farahani, F Seidi - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
Catalytic application of propylsulfonic acid modified mesoporous SBA-16 for 5-
hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) production was described for the first time. This material (SO 3 …

A review on synthesis of alkoxymethyl furfural, a biofuel candidate

S Alipour, H Omidvarborna, DS Kim - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2017 - Elsevier
Recently extensive efforts have been made to obtain drop-in fuel or fuel additives from
renewable and sustainable resources. Alkoxymethyl furfurals synthesized from etherification …

Sulfonated ionic liquid immobilized SBA-16 as an active solid acid catalyst for the synthesis of biofuel precursor 5-hydroxymethylfurfural from fructose

M Niakan, M Masteri-Farahani, F Seidi - Renewable Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
The catalytic conversion of biomass-derived chemicals to 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) is
of high current interest. In this work, an efficient solid acid catalyst was synthesized by …

Lignin-derived biochar solid acid catalyst for fructose conversion into 5-ethoxymethylfurfural

T Dowaki, H Guo, RL Smith Jr - Renewable Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Lignin-derived biochar materials with acid functional groups (-COOH,–SO 3 H and–OH)
were synthesized by carbonization of lignin (Lig T) at T=(300, 400, 500)° C and mix ball …

Transformation of corncob into furfural by a bifunctional solid acid catalyst

L Zhang, L Tian, R Sun, C Liu, Q Kou, H Zuo - Bioresource technology, 2019 - Elsevier
A transformation route was developed for the conversion of raw corncob into furfural by a
Clsingle bondbearing solid acid catalyst (HSCsingle bondSO 3 H) prepared by the …

Sulfated complex metal oxides solid acids with dual Brønsted-Lewis acidic property for production of 5-ethoxymethylfurfural from biomass-derived carbohydrates

Y He, L Zhang, Y Liu, S Yi, H Yu, Y Zhu… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
The transformation of aldose-based carbohydrates into 5-ethoxymethylfurfural (EMF) is very
challenging as compared to ketose-based carbohydrates, but the formers are more …

A cobalt catalyst for reductive etherification of 5-hydroxymethyl-furfural to 2, 5-bis (methoxymethyl) furan under mild conditions

XL Li, K Zhang, SY Chen, C Li, F Li, HJ Xu, Y Fu - Green Chemistry, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Conversion of platform molecule 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) into high-value-added
derivatives has attracted significant interest. In this paper, a metallic cobalt catalyst was …

Critical assessment of reaction pathways for next-generation biofuels from renewable resources: 5-ethoxymethylfurfural

H Guo, T Dowaki, F Shen, X Qi… - … Sustainable Chemistry & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Renewable resources must be upgraded to platform chemicals and biofuels, especially
furanic compounds such as 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (5-HMF) and 5-ethoxymethylfurfural (5 …