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Chapters:

Wilton-Ely J, 2006, Dinuclear ruthenium and osmium compounds with metal-metal bonds, Comprehensive Organometallic Chemistry III, Editor(s): Crabtree, Mingos, Elsevier, Pages:647-716, ISBN:978-0080445908


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@article{Eminov:2016:10.3390/inorganics4040032,
author = {Eminov, S and Filippousi, P and Brandt, A and Wilton-Ely, J and Hallett, J},
doi = {10.3390/inorganics4040032},
journal = {Inorganics},
title = {Direct catalytic conversion of cellulose to 5-hydroxymethylfurfural using ionic liquids},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/inorganics4040032},
volume = {4},
year = {2016}
}

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TY  - JOUR
AB - Cellulose is the single largest component of lignocellulosic biomass and is an attractive feedstock for a wide variety of renewable platform chemicals and biofuels, providing an alternative to petrochemicals and petrofuels. This potential is currently limited by the existing methods of transforming this poorly soluble polymer into useful chemical building blocks, such as 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF). Ionic liquids have been used successfully to separate cellulose from the other components of lignocellulosic biomass and so the use of the same medium for the challenging transformation of cellulose into HMF would be highly attractive for the development of the biorefinery concept. In this report, ionic liquids based on 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium cations [C4C1im]+ with Lewis basic (X = Cl−) and Brønsted acidic (X = HSO4−) anions were used to investigate the direct catalytic transformation of cellulose to HMF. Variables probed included the composition of the ionic liquid medium, the metal catalyst, and the reaction conditions (temperature, substrate concentration). Lowering the cellulose loading and optimising the temperature achieved a 58% HMF yield after only one hour at 150 °C using a 7 mol % loading of the CrCl3 catalyst. This compares favourably with current literature procedures requiring much longer reactions times or approaches that are difficult to scale such as microwave irradiation.
AU - Eminov,S
AU - Filippousi,P
AU - Brandt,A
AU - Wilton-Ely,J
AU - Hallett,J
DO - 10.3390/inorganics4040032
PY - 2016///
SN - 2304-6740
TI - Direct catalytic conversion of cellulose to 5-hydroxymethylfurfural using ionic liquids
T2 - Inorganics
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/inorganics4040032
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/43109
VL - 4
ER -