Sustainable production of 5-hydroxymethyl furfural from glucose for process integration with high fructose corn syrup infrastructure

Abstract

5-hydroxymethyl furfural (HMF) is a platform chemical, which can be derived from lignocellulosic biomass, and used for production of liquid fuels and polymers. We demonstrate a process for production of...

Production of furans from C5 and C6 sugars in the presence of polar organic solvents

“…153,154 For example, adding acetone to the aqueous phase improved the rate of fructose dehydration, but reduced the sugar solubility. 155,156 While a high reaction rate is beneficial, lowering the solubility of the sugar will result in a feed at a lower sugar concentration, which can be a disadvantage for an industrial-scale process design. 38 When the starting material is not a solution of sugar in water but solid biomass (e.g., lignocellulose), its impregnation with the solvent will affect the hydrolysis process.…”

“…1,[168][169][170] Additionally, it is reported that the use of some aprotic organic solvents (e.g., dioxane) negatively affects the solubility of sugars in the feed. 155,156 This could lower the overall production rate, if it forces to operate at sugar concentrations that are below the desired level, e.g., as dictated for good selectivity. 156 Typically, a general industrial criterion for reactor productivity indicates a minimum rate of 100 g/L/h.…”

“…155,156 This could lower the overall production rate, if it forces to operate at sugar concentrations that are below the desired level, e.g., as dictated for good selectivity. 156 Typically, a general industrial criterion for reactor productivity indicates a minimum rate of 100 g/L/h. 171 A lower reactor productivity would affect the applicability of such solvent systems, e.g., resulting in prohibitively large reactors.…”

Reductive Amination, Hydrogenation and Hydrodeoxygenation of 5‐Hydroxymethylfurfural using Silica‐supported Cobalt‐ Nanoparticles

“…The valorization of renewable resource, especially biomass and its based compounds to produce value-added chemicals and fuels as well as pharmaceutically relevant compounds in more efficient and sustainable manner continues to be an important goal of chemical research. [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19] In this regard the development of resourceful and cost-effective catalytic methodologies to convert biomass and its derived feedstock to essential products is of central importance. [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19] Among sugar derived feedstocks, 5hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) represents highly valuable platform compound, [20][21][22][23][24][25] which has been listed as the top 10 renewable chemicals by the U.S. Department of Energy.…”

“…[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19] In this regard the development of resourceful and cost-effective catalytic methodologies to convert biomass and its derived feedstock to essential products is of central importance. [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19] Among sugar derived feedstocks, 5hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) represents highly valuable platform compound, [20][21][22][23][24][25] which has been listed as the top 10 renewable chemicals by the U.S. Department of Energy. [22][23] Notably, HMF serves as renewable feedstock to produce valueadded chemicals, fuels, and polymers.…”