Dehydration of carbohydrates to 2-furaldehydes in ionic liquids by catalysis with ion exchange resins

V Heguaburu, J Franco, L Reina, C Tabarez…

Index: Heguaburu, Viviana; Franco, Jaime; Reina, Luis; Tabarez, Carlos; Moyna, Guillermo; Moyna, Patrick Catalysis Communications, 2012 , vol. 27, p. 88 - 91

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Abstract

The dehydration of several sugars, including pentoses, hexoses, di, tri, and polysaccharides, in ionic liquids with acidic ion-exchange resins as heterogeneous catalysts was investigated. Good 2??furaldehydes recovery yields, reaching 92% in some cases, were achieved when Dowex® 50W ion??exchange resins and 1??n??butyl??3??methylimidazolium chloride ([C4mim] Cl) were used. Our results show that this aproach could represent a ...