“…HMF is viewed as a potential ‘‘carbon‐neutral” platform feedstock for the synthesis of a great variety of chemicals and biofuels, such as 2,5‐furandicarboxylic acid, 2,5‐dimethyltetrahydrofuran, and 2,5‐dimethylfuran . In this context, highly efficient conversion of biomass, including cellulose, hemicellulose, glucose, fructose, etc., into HMFhas attracted considerable attention in the past few years . Among them, fructose is more suitable as the raw material to get high HMF yield since it overwhelmingly exists in nature with a furan ring structure, a similar structure to that of HMF.…”