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Furfural is an important renewable, non-petroleum based, chemical feedstock which can be converted into solvents, polymers, fuels and other useful chemicals by a range of catalytic reduction. [ 28 ] Hydrogenation of furfural provides furfuryl alcohol (FA), which is used to produce furan resins , which are exploited in thermoset polymer matrix ...
Furfuryl alcohol is manufactured industrially by hydrogenation of furfural, which is itself typically produced from waste bio-mass such as corncobs or sugar cane bagasse. As such furfuryl alcohol may be considered a green chemical. [5] One-pot systems have been investigated to produce furfuryl alcohol directly from xylose using solid acid ...
Hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF), also known as 5-(hydroxymethyl)furfural, is an organic compound formed by the dehydration of reducing sugars. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] It is a white low-melting solid (although commercial samples are often yellow) which is highly soluble in both water and organic solvents.
5-Methylfurfuryl alcohol is an organic compound with the formula C 6 H 8 O 2.It is one of many volatile compounds present in Nicotiana tabacum, [3] and is formed from the reduction of 5-methylfurfural, [4] a compound formed from the reduction of 5-bromo-or 5-chloromethylfurfural. [5]
5-Methylfurfural is an organic compound with the formula C 6 H 6 O 2. An aldehyde that is derived through various extractions and reductions from cellulose products, [5] [6] it has applications as a synthetic intermediate [7] relevant to the fields of medicine, agriculture and cosmetics. [8] It is a food additive, and has FEMA number 270s and ...
Related to the production of furfural, MMF can be produced from C-6 sugars hexoses such as glucose and fructose. It is formed via the dehydration of the hexoses and subsequent etherification of hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF). [1] Already in 1936 a batch process was patented for the production of MMF and methyl levulinate. [4]
Tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol (THFA) is an organic compound with the formula HOCH 2 C 4 H 7 O. In terms of its structure, it consists of a tetrahydrofuran ring substituted in the 2-position with a hydroxymethyl group. It is a colorless liquid that is used as a specialty solvent and synthetic intermediate, e.g. to 3,4-dihydropyran.
The current industrial route involves the Cannizaro reaction of furfural in an aqueous NaOH solution. This is a disproportionation reaction and produces a 1:1 ratio of 2-furoic acid and furfuryl alcohol (a 50% yield of each). [ 6 ]