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High Yield Conversion of Residual Pentoses into Furfural via Zeolite Catalysis and Catalytic Hydrogenation of Furfural to 2-Methylfuran

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Xylose was dehydrated over (H+) mordenite, using a continuous two-liquid-phase (aqueous-toluene) plug-flow reactor at 260 °C and 55 atm, with 98% conversion rate, 98% furfural molar yield, and 98% furfural selectivity (results from the first pass). Furfural in toluene was hydrogenated over a Cu/Fe catalyst, at 252 °C (gas-phase), in a 99% conversion rate to give 2-methylfuran in a 98% yield (same activity maintained for a 20-h operation).

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Financial support from NSERC and Enerkem Technologies Inc. is gratefully acknowledged. We are thankful to Mr. Henri Gauvin for his very important contribution and Dr. Jean Marc Chapuzet for his very valuable input.

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  1. Département de Chimie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, J1K 2R1, Canada

    Jean Lessard & Jean-François Wehrung

  2. Département de Génie Chimique, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, J1K 2R1, Canada

    Jean-François Morin, Delphine Magnin & Esteban Chornet

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Lessard, J., Morin, JF., Wehrung, JF. et al. High Yield Conversion of Residual Pentoses into Furfural via Zeolite Catalysis and Catalytic Hydrogenation of Furfural to 2-Methylfuran. Top Catal 53, 1231–1234 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11244-010-9568-7

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