RSC Advances

Efficient production of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural and alkyl levulinate from biomass carbohydrate using ionic liquid-based polyoxometalate salts

J Chen, G Zhao, L Chen

Index: Chen, Jinzhu; Zhao, Guoying; Chen, Limin RSC Advances, 2014 , vol. 4, # 8 p. 4194 - 4202

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Abstract

Direct conversion of fructose into 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) and alkyl levulinate is achieved by making use of ionic liquid-based polyoxometalate salts (IL-POMs) as solid acid catalysts. Among these solid acids, phosphotungstic acid-derived IL-POM shows the highest catalytic performance in both the HMF and ethyl levulinate (EL) formation. A study for optimizing the reaction conditions such as the reaction time and the temperature has been ...