CrCl3 Catalyzed Preparation of 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural from Fructose
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Abstract
Taking CrCl3·6H2O as catalyst, the effect of the solvent type, reaction temperature, reaction time and the amount of catalyst on the yield of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural(HMF) from fructose was studied. The results showed that dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) was an ideal solvent to prepare HMF with fructose. The yield of HMF could be up to 49.2% under the conditions of using DMSO as the solvent, taking 5% of CrCl3·6H2O as catalyst based on the weight of fructose to react for 140min at 180℃.
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