Citation: Lu-Xin Zhang, Han Yu, Hong-Bing Yu, Ze Chen, Lei Yang. Conversion of xylose and xylan into furfural in biorenewable choline chloride-oxalic acid deep eutectic solvent with the addition of metal chloride[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2014, 25(8): 1132-1136. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2014.03.029 shu

Conversion of xylose and xylan into furfural in biorenewable choline chloride-oxalic acid deep eutectic solvent with the addition of metal chloride

Lu-Xin Zhang ^a ,
Han Yu ^a ,
Hong-Bing Yu ^a,, ,
Ze Chen ^a ,
Lei Yang ^b,,

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a College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China;
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b College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China

Corresponding author: Hong-Bing Yu, Lei Yang,
Received Date: 22 November 2013
Available Online: 26 February 2014
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An environmentally benign processing approach for furfural production from xylose and xylan under verymild conditions (353-373 K) was developed with the addition of metal chlorides in ChCl-oxalic acid (a deep eutectic solvent (DES)) synthesized from cheap and renewable starting materials). ChCl-oxalic acid acted as both a Brønsted acid catalyst and a reaction medium in this catalytic route. In addition, a biphasic system with methyl isobutyl ketone as an extracting reagent (DES/MIBK) to further increase furfural yield was also proposed. This processing approach for producing furfural eliminated the large energy consumption for high pressure saturated steam and the generation of acidic effluent, which was very difficult to handle. The whole catalytic system was more environmentally friendly compared with the commercial process for furfural production.
- Furfural,
- Xylose,
- Xylan,
- DES
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