Recent advances in catalytic and autocatalytic production of biomass-derived 5-hydroxymethylfurfural

L Hu, Z Wu, Y Jiang, X Wang, A He, J Song, J Xu… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2020 - Elsevier
As a typical biomass-derived platform compound, 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) can be
used to synthesize numerous high-quality fuels and high-value chemicals, so it has captured …

Tuning the properties of cobalt ferrite: a road towards diverse applications

S Jauhar, J Kaur, A Goyal, S Singhal - RSC advances, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Cobalt ferrite has gained great scientific interest because of its unique properties and
exceptionally promising applications. A large number of synthetic methods, such as sol–gel …

Iron based catalysts in biomass processing

H Du, F Deng, RR Kommalapati… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2020 - Elsevier
The interest in the use of non-noble metal catalysis is quite relevant to biomass processing
due to costs, environmental concerns and the substantial scale of these operations. The aim …

An ultra-light flexible aerogel-based on methane derived CNTs as a reinforcing agent in silica-CMC matrix for efficient oil adsorption

KR Parmar, DTK Dora, KK Pant, S Roy - Journal of hazardous materials, 2019 - Elsevier
Bamboo shaped multi-walled Carbon Nanotubes were synthesized by the thermo-catalytic
decomposition of methane in a modified chemical vapour deposition reactor. The prepared …

An ionic liquid–organic solvent biphasic system for efficient production of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural from carbohydrates at high concentrations

Q Hou, W Li, M Zhen, L Liu, Y Chen, Q Yang, F Huang… - RSC …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
5-Hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) is an important intermediate in the utilization of
lignocellulosic biomass. Ionic liquid 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium bromide (EMIMBr) …

Graphene oxide as a sustainable metal and solvent free catalyst for dehydration of fructose to 5-HMF: A new and green protocol

M Shaikh, SK Singh, S Khilari, M Sahu… - Catalysis …, 2018 - Elsevier
The metal free catalytic dehydration of fructose to 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (5-HMF) using
graphene oxide catalyst is reported. The reaction has been employed under solvent free …

Enhanced reactivity and selectivity of asymmetric oxa-Michael addition of 2′-hydroxychalcones in carbon confined spaces

M Shaikh, KK Atyam, M Sahu… - Chemical …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are employed as nanoscale reaction vessels for the asymmetric
oxa-Michael addition of 2′-hydroxychalcones. A systematic comparison of the catalytic …

Surface modification of ferrite nanoparticles with dicarboxylic acids for the synthesis of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural: a novel and green protocol

M Shaikh, M Sahu, KK Atyam, KVS Ranganath - RSC advances, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Surface modification of nanomaterials is one of the rapidly growing research areas. Ferrite
nanoparticles (inverse spinels) with an average diameter of about 14 nm were modified with …

Catalytic activity of functionalized spinels

KVS Ranganath, M Shaikh, A Sahu… - Current Organic …, 2017 - ingentaconnect.com
The development of spinels as catalysts for various organic transformations has gained a
considerable importance over the last decade. In this article, an overview is given about the …

Metal-free carbon as a catalyst for oxidative coupling: solvent-enhanced poly-coupling with regioselectivity

M Shaikh, A Sahu, AK Kumar, M Sahu, SK Singh… - Green chemistry, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Herein, heterogeneous, inexpensive, metal-free, and environmentally friendly graphene
oxide (GO) was developed for the oxidative polycoupling of 2-naphthols in aqueous sodium …