@article{6165e81a288b4d6580d5fe77d5e671b3,
title = "Highly efficient conversion of xylose to furfural in a water-MIBK system catalyzed by magnetic carbon-based solid acid",
abstract = "In this work, the conversion of xylose to furfural (FF) was effectively achieved in a water-MIBK biphasic solvent system over the synthesized magnetic carbon-based solid acid catalyst (MMCSA). The effect of various reaction conditions was studied on the dehydration of xylose and the highest FF yield of 79.04% was obtained. Byproducts in the reaction process were identified by high-performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS), which provides insights into the reaction pathway of the xylose conversion to FF over the current catalyst. The observed deactivation of the catalyst at high temperature (190 oC) was addressed by its regeneration with concentrated sulfuric acid (98 wt%). A comparable FF yield (73.74%) was achieved over the regenerated MMCSA. The possible deactivation-regeneration mechanism of this catalyst has also been proposed. Overall, this work provides a valuable basis for the efficient synthesis of FF by solid acid catalyzed conversion of xylose or hemicellulose.",
author = "Zhiqiang Qi and Qiong Wang and Cuiyi Liang and Jun Yue and Shuna Liu and Shexia Ma and Xiaohan Wang and Zhongming Wang and Zhihe Li and Wei Qi",
note = "Funding Information: This work was supported financially by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51676193, 51861145103, and 2171101430), National Key Research and Development Program of China (2018YFC1901201), Youth Innovation Promotion Association, CAS (2017401), and Municipal Science and Technology Program of Guangzhou (201804010187). Qiong Wang would like to thank the International Cooperation and Exchange Project between the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) and the Dutch Research Council (NWO) (21811530627). Jun Yue would like to thank NWO for financially supporting his scientific visit at Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion to carry out collaborative research (Project No. 040.21.006). Xiaohan Wang would like to thank the Foundation of State Key Laboratory of Coal Combustion (FSKLCCA1804). Publisher Copyright: Copyright {\textcopyright} 2020 American Chemical Society.",
year = "2020",
month = sep,
day = "30",
doi = "10.1021/acs.iecr.9b06349",
language = "English",
volume = "59",
pages = "17046–17056",
journal = "Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research",
issn = "0888-5885",
publisher = "AMER CHEMICAL SOC",
number = "39",
}