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SUBMITTER: Motagamwala AH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5775026 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Science advances 20180119 1
We report a process for converting fructose, at a high concentration (15 weight %), to 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA), a monomer used in the production of polyethylene furanoate, a renewable plastic. In our process, fructose is dehydrated to hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) at high yields (70%) using a γ-valerolactone (GVL)/H<sub>2</sub>O solvent system. HMF is subsequently oxidized to FDCA over a Pt/C catalyst with 93% yield. The advantage of our system is the higher solubility of FDCA in GVL/H<s ...[more]