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SUBMITTER: Abdilla-Santes RM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6790971 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Abdilla-Santes Ria M RM Guo Wenze W Bruijnincx Pieter C A PCA Yue Jun J Deuss Peter J PJ Heeres Hero J HJ
ChemSusChem 20190822 18
5-Hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) is an important biobased platform chemical obtainable in high selectivity by the hydrolysis of fructose (FRC). However, FRC is expensive, making the production of HMF at a competitive market price highly challenging. Here, it is shown that sugar beet thick juice, a crude, sucrose-rich intermediate in sugar refining, is an excellent feedstock for HMF synthesis. Unprecedented high selectivities and yields of >90 % for HMF were achieved in a biphasic reactor setup at 1 ...[more]