Application of sulfonated carbon-based catalyst for the furfural production from D-xylose and xylan in a microwave-assisted biphasic reaction

Yantao Wang, Frederic Delbecq, Witold Kwapinski, Christophe Len

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Abstract

Sulfonated carbon-based catalyst has been prepared, characterized by elemental analysis, SEM, EDX and FTIR and tested as a heterogeneous catalyst in the dehydration of D-xylose and xylan to produce furfural as target compound. With the use of the catalyst the appropriate reaction temperature and time in a mixture of water-CPME (1:3, v/v) were 190 °C and 60 min, in both cases. In these conditions, dehydration starting from D-xylose and xylan gave 60 and 42% of furfural yields, respectively. The influence of temperature, the residence time and the substrate to catalyst ratios on the D-xylose conversion and furfural selectivity were investigated.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)167-172
Number of pages6
JournalMolecular Catalysis
Volume438
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2017

Keywords

  • Biphasic system
  • Furfural
  • Heterogeneous catalyst
  • Microwave-assisted dehydration
  • Sulfonated char

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