Hexafluoroisopropanol as a Low-Boiling Extraction Solvent for 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural Production

Autor: Ramona Krieg, Ulf Prüße, Linda Teevs, Eric Weingart
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Energy Technology. 6:432-440
ISSN: 2194-4288
DOI: 10.1002/ente.201700569
Popis: In this study it is shown that the fluorous alcohol hexafluoroisopropanol (HFIP) can act as superior extraction solvent for the in-situ extraction of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) from aqueous reaction system. HFIP has a far higher partition coefficient for HMF compared to common extraction solvents like MIBK and n-butanol and has a significant lower boiling point of 58-59 °C. In a system containing fructose, HCl as catalyst and HFIP as extraction solvent a HMF high yield of 89 % was achieved which far better than HMF yields in common MIBK/butanol extraction systems. HFIP extracts HMF from reaction phase without extraction of the educt fructose. In addition the aqueous catalyst phase can be reused.
Databáze: OpenAIRE