An efficient and reusable “hairy” particle acid catalyst for the synthesis of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural from dehydration of fructose in water

Journal Article · Wed Jul 31 00:00:00 EDT 2013 · ChemComm

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/c3cc43127d· OSTI ID:1107844

Tian, Chengcheng ^[1]; Bao, Chunhui ^[2]; Binder, Andrew ^[2]; Zhu, Zhenqian ^[2]; Hu, Bin ^[2]; Guo, Yanglong ^[3]; Zhao, Bin ^[2]; Dai, Sheng ^[4]

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1. East China Univ. of Science and Technology, Shanghai (China). Research Inst. of Industrial Catalysis; Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Chemical Sciences Division; Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States). Dept. of Chemistry
2. Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States). Dept. of Chemistry
3. East China Univ. of Science and Technology, Shanghai (China). Research Inst. of Industrial Catalysis
4. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Chemical Sciences Division; Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States). Dept. of Chemistry

We employed poly(4-styrenesulfonic acid) brush-grafted silica particles, synthesized by surface-initiated atom transfer radical polymerization, as a reusable acid catalyst for dehydration of fructose to 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) in water. Furthermore, the particles exhibited a high activity with the HMF yield of up to 31%, in contrast to 26% from the corresponding free homopolymer catalyst.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-00OR22725
• OSTI ID: 1107844
• Journal Information: ChemComm, Journal Name: ChemComm Journal Issue: 77 Vol. 49; ISSN CHCOFS; ISSN 1359-7345
• Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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