Influence of Lewis and Brønsted acid catalysts in the transformation of hexoses into 5-ethoxymethylfurfural

Benjamín Torres-Olea, Inmaculada Fúnez-Núñez, Cristina García-Sancho, Juan Antonio Cecilia, Ramón Moreno-Tost and Pedro Maireles-Torres

Renewable Energy, 2023, vol. 207, issue C, 588-600

Abstract: Several sulfonated polymers, which are typical Brønsted acid catalysts, have been employed in the production of two biofuels: 5-ethoxymethylfurfural (EMF) and ethyl levulinate (EL) as main byproduct, and the catalytic results have been attributed to their different chemical and morphological properties. The Purolite CT275DR attained the best results from 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) with a 63% EMF yield after 16 h at 100 °C thanks to their more abundant superficial acid sites. Moreover, Purolite CT275DR was able to efficiently dehydrate and etherify fructose, with a total EMF plus EL yield of 65% after 24 h at 100 °C. When glucose or galactose were used as feedstock, alumina was utilized to provide Lewis acid sites, necessary for the transformation of aldoses in solution enabling a combined biofuel yield (EMF plus EL) of 40% from glucose after 24 h at 140 °C. With the study of the role of each catalyst, both Brønsted and Lewis acid catalysts (resin and alumina, respectively) were required to obtain considerable EMF yields from aldoses. The reutilization of the catalysts employed for 5 catalytic runs demonstrated that Purolite CT275DR suffers no appreciable loss of activity, but alumina showed progressive losses in activity in each cycle due to carbonaceous deposits and catalyst loss.

Keywords: Biofuel; Biomass conversion; 5-(ethoxymethyl)furfural; Etherification; Ion-exchange resins; Alumina (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2023.03.036

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