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Efficient conversion of fructose to produce high-purity 5-hydroxymethylfurfural under low temperature

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The development of mild strategies to transform of fructose to prepare high-purity 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) is of great significance for biomass valorization, and the design of an efficient catalytic approach is crucial. Herein, a mild catalytic strategy was developed to achieve the preparation of high-purity HMF from fructose over Amberlyst-15 catalyst in a water-methyl isobutyl ketone (MIBK) biphasic system under atmospheric pressure and lower temperature (90 °C). The catalytic system was optimized and analyzed by response surface methodology and kinetics study. Results indicated that a 46.6% yield of HMF could be obtained under optimal conditions: 80 wt% Amberlyst-15 catalyst, the mass ratio of MIBK to H2O 10, and the reaction time of 7 h. Furthermore, a simple and efficient purification strategy of HMF was established. High purity (99.0%) and recovery rate (65.5%) of HMF were obtained. This work provides an efficient catalytic strategy to produce high-purity HMF from fructose under atmospheric pressure and lower temperature.

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The project was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (22178328) and the State Key Laboratory of Motor Vehicle Biofuel Technology, Nanyang, China (KFKT2022002).

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  1. Zhengzhou University, School of Chemical Engineering, Zhengzhou, 450001, People’s Republic of China

    Jinsheng Wu, Ruinan Yang, Shiqiang Zhao, Chun Chang & Haoran Wu

  2. Henan Outstanding Foreign Scientists’ Workroom, Zhengzhou, 450001, People’s Republic of China

    Shiqiang Zhao, Chun Chang & Haoran Wu

  3. Henan Key Laboratory of Green Manufacturing of Biobased Chemicals, Puyang, 457000, People’s Republic of China

    Wei Chen & Zhiyong Chen

  4. State Key Laboratory of Motor Vehicle Biofuel Technology, Nanyang, 473000, People’s Republic of China

    Haoran Wu

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Jinsheng Wu: original draft preparation, methodology, and software. Ruinan Yang: methodology and software. Shiqiang Zhao: methodology. Wei Chen: methodology. Zhiyong Chen: methodology and supervision. Chun Chang: writing—review and editing, supervision, and funding acquisition. Haoran Wu: writing—review and editing, supervision, and funding acquisition.

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Wu, J., Yang, R., Zhao, S. et al. Efficient conversion of fructose to produce high-purity 5-hydroxymethylfurfural under low temperature. Biomass Conv. Bioref. (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-023-04107-x

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