Toward biomass-derived renewable plastics: Production of 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid from fructose
Abstract
We report a process for converting fructose, at a high concentration (15 weight %), to 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA), a monomer used in the production of polyethylene furanoate, a renewable plastic. In our process, fructose is dehydrated to hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) at high yields (70%) using a γ-valerolactone (GVL)/H2O solvent system. HMF is subsequently oxidized to FDCA over a Pt/C catalyst with 93% yield. The advantage of our system is the higher solubility of FDCA in GVL/H2O, which allows oxidation at high concentrations using a heterogeneous catalyst that eliminates the need for a homogeneous base. In addition, FDCA can be separated from the GVL/H2O solvent system by crystallization to obtain >99% pure FDCA. Our process eliminates the use of corrosive acids, because FDCA is an effective catalyst for fructose dehydration, leading to improved economic and environmental impact of the process. Our techno-economic model indicates that the overall process is economically competitive with current terephthalic acid processes.
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- Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (United States). Dept. of Chemical and Biological Engineering. Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center
- Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (United States). Dept. of Chemical and Biological Engineering
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- Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (United States)
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- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
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- 1499959
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- FC02-07ER64494
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- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Science Advances
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 4; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 2375-2548
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- AAAS
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- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
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Motagamwala, Ali Hussain, Won, Wangyun, Sener, Canan, Alonso, David Martin, Maravelias, Christos T., and Dumesic, James A. Toward biomass-derived renewable plastics: Production of 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid from fructose. United States: N. p., 2018.
Web. doi:10.1126/sciadv.aap9722.
Motagamwala, Ali Hussain, Won, Wangyun, Sener, Canan, Alonso, David Martin, Maravelias, Christos T., & Dumesic, James A. Toward biomass-derived renewable plastics: Production of 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid from fructose. United States. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aap9722
Motagamwala, Ali Hussain, Won, Wangyun, Sener, Canan, Alonso, David Martin, Maravelias, Christos T., and Dumesic, James A. Fri .
"Toward biomass-derived renewable plastics: Production of 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid from fructose". United States. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aap9722. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1499959.
@article{osti_1499959,
title = {Toward biomass-derived renewable plastics: Production of 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid from fructose},
author = {Motagamwala, Ali Hussain and Won, Wangyun and Sener, Canan and Alonso, David Martin and Maravelias, Christos T. and Dumesic, James A.},
abstractNote = {We report a process for converting fructose, at a high concentration (15 weight %), to 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA), a monomer used in the production of polyethylene furanoate, a renewable plastic. In our process, fructose is dehydrated to hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) at high yields (70%) using a γ-valerolactone (GVL)/H2O solvent system. HMF is subsequently oxidized to FDCA over a Pt/C catalyst with 93% yield. The advantage of our system is the higher solubility of FDCA in GVL/H2O, which allows oxidation at high concentrations using a heterogeneous catalyst that eliminates the need for a homogeneous base. In addition, FDCA can be separated from the GVL/H2O solvent system by crystallization to obtain >99% pure FDCA. Our process eliminates the use of corrosive acids, because FDCA is an effective catalyst for fructose dehydration, leading to improved economic and environmental impact of the process. Our techno-economic model indicates that the overall process is economically competitive with current terephthalic acid processes.},
doi = {10.1126/sciadv.aap9722},
journal = {Science Advances},
number = 1,
volume = 4,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Jan 19 00:00:00 EST 2018},
month = {Fri Jan 19 00:00:00 EST 2018}
}
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