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SUBMITTER: Eminov S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5053443 | biostudies-literature | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Eminov Sanan S Brandt Agnieszka A Wilton-Ely James D E T JD Hallett Jason P JP
PloS one 20161006 10
A number of ionic liquids have been shown to be excellent solvents for lignocellulosic biomass processing, and some of these are particularly effective in the production of the versatile chemical building block 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF). In this study, the production of HMF from the simple sugar glucose in ionic liquid media is discussed. Several aspects of the selective catalytic formation of HMF from glucose have been elucidated using metal halide salts in two distinct ionic liquids, 1-but ...[more]