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Cascade of Liquid‐Phase Catalytic Transfer Hydrogenation and Etherification of 5‐Hydroxymethylfurfural to Potential Biodiesel Components over Lewis Acid Zeolites
Author(s) -
Jae Jungho,
Mahmoud Eyas,
Lobo Raul F.,
Vlachos Dionisios G.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
chemcatchem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.497
H-Index - 106
eISSN - 1867-3899
pISSN - 1867-3880
DOI - 10.1002/cctc.201300978
Subject(s) - chemistry , lewis acids and bases , catalysis , yield (engineering) , organic chemistry , furan , biodiesel , lewis acid catalysis , alcohol , transfer hydrogenation , raw material , materials science , ruthenium , metallurgy
Abstract We report a one‐step process for the production of diesel fuel from biomass‐derived 5‐hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF). The reaction proceeds through the sequential transfer hydrogenation and etherification of HMF to 2,5‐bis(alkoxymethyl)furan, a potential biodiesel additive, catalyzed by a Lewis acid zeolite, such as Sn‐Beta or Zr‐Beta. An alcohol is used as a hydrogen donor and as a reactant in etherification. This cascade reaction can selectively produce high yields of the biodiesel additive (>80 % yield) from HMF with the Sn‐Beta catalyst and secondary alcohols, such as 2‐propanol and 2‐butanol.