Title:Recent Progress Towards Transition Metal-Catalyzed Direct Conversion of Cellulose to 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural
VOLUME: 1 ISSUE: 3
Author(s):Hu Li, Fei Chang, Yuping Zhang, Deyu Hu, Linhong Jin, Baoan Song and Song Yang
Affiliation:Center for Research and Development of Fine Chemicals, State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Ministry of Education, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, P.R. China.
Keywords:5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF), cellulose, lignocellulosic biomass, transition metals, homogeneous catalysis, heterogeneous catalysis, organic material, hydrolytic hydrogenation, hydrogenolysis, oligosaccharides, non-catalytic processes, TRS, Lignin-derived solvents, ignocellulose, sulfur-doping
Abstract:5-Hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) has been considered as a green platform chemical with a wide range of
applications due to its rich chemistry and potential availability from renewable biomass resources. In recent years, considerable
efforts have been made to transform carbohydrates into HMF using homogeneous and heterogeneous acid catalysis.
In this critical review, the direct conversion of cellulose into HMF catalyzed by transition metals is described because of
the present important utility of such metals. Since solid acids are deemed less noxious than traditional liquid acids, significant
attention is given to hydrolysis, isomerization, and dehydration reactions successively carried out in a one-pot
mode from the polysaccharide using heterogeneous catalysts.
