An enzyme mimic ammonium polymer as a single catalyst for glucose dehydration to 5-hydroxymethylfurfural

• Main Authors: Cao, Xueqin, Teong, Siew Ping, Wu, Di, Yi, Guangshun, Su, Haibin, Zhang, Yugen
• Other Authors: School of Materials Science & Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/81974; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/41048
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

An ammonium resin (PBnNH3Cl) was used as a single catalyst for the glucose and polysaccharide dehydration to 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) in high selectivity (>80%) in a DMSO or biphasic reaction system. The isomerization mechanism was also studied by using the DFT computational method.