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Production of levoglucosenone and 5-hydroxymethylfurfural from cellulose in polar aprotic solvent–water mixtures

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2017

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Jiayue He, Mingjie Liu, Kefeng Huang, Theodore W. Walker, Christos T. Maravelias, James A. Dumesic, George W. Huber
Green Chemistry

Abstract

We demonstrate a process to produce levoglucosenone (LGO) and 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) from cellulose in up to 65% carbon yield using H<sub>2</sub>SO<sub>4</sub>as catalyst and a solvent consisting of tetrahydrofuran (THF) and H<sub>2</sub>O.

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