Highly efficient formic acid-mediated oxidation of renewable furfural to maleic acid with H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub> - Concepedia

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Highly efficient formic acid-mediated oxidation of renewable furfural to maleic acid with H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub>

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2016

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Xiukai Li, Ho Ben, Diane S. W. Lim, Yugen Zhang

Green Chemistry

Chemical EngineeringEngineeringBioenergyFormic AcidCatalysisChemistryMaleic AcidPlatform ChemicalMetal Catalyst-free Conditions

Abstract

Maleic acid is produced from biomass-derived furfural or 5-hydroxymethylfurfural under metal catalyst-free conditions employing H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub> as an oxidant in formic acid.

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