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Selective catalytic dehydration of furfuryl alcohol to 2, 2'-difurfuryl ether using a polyoxometalate catalyst.


ABSTRACT: The spice flavour compound 2, 2'-difurfuryl ether (DFE) is widely utilised in the food industry as it has a coffee-like, nutty, earthy, mushroom-like odour. However, despite intensive research efforts, to date, an environmentally friendly and practical synthetic preparation technique for 2, 2'-difurfuryl ether is still unavailable. Here, we investigate a new approach using polyoxometalate catalysts to selectively catalytically dehydrate furfuryl alcohol to 2, 2'-difurfuryl ether. We have successfully applied this methodology using the polyoxometalate (POMs) catalyst {[(CH3CH2CH2CH2)4N]2[SMo12O40]} to produce 2,2'-difurfuryl ether in a 30.86% isolated yield.

SUBMITTER: Yang S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5636835 | biostudies-other | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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Selective catalytic dehydration of furfuryl alcohol to 2, 2'-difurfuryl ether using a polyoxometalate catalyst.

Yang Shaoxiang S   Hao Yanfeng Y   Wang Jialin J   Wang Hao H   Zheng Yimeng Y   Tian Hongyu H   Liu Yongguo Y   Sun Baoguo B  

Scientific reports 20171011 1


The spice flavour compound 2, 2'-difurfuryl ether (DFE) is widely utilised in the food industry as it has a coffee-like, nutty, earthy, mushroom-like odour. However, despite intensive research efforts, to date, an environmentally friendly and practical synthetic preparation technique for 2, 2'-difurfuryl ether is still unavailable. Here, we investigate a new approach using polyoxometalate catalysts to selectively catalytically dehydrate furfuryl alcohol to 2, 2'-difurfuryl ether. We have success  ...[more]

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