Lei Hu, Ai-yong He, Xiaoyan Liu
Oct 23, 2018
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ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
Abstract
Catalytic transformation of biomass-derived 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) into a series of high-value derivatives, such as 2,5-diformylfuran, 5-hydroxymethyl-2-furancarboxylic acid, 5-formyl-2-furancarboxylic acid, 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid, 2,5-dihydroxymethylfuran, 5-alkanoyloxymethylfurfural, 5,5-bis(hydroxymethyl)furoin and 5-hydroxymethylfurfurylamine, is a very important research field in the biorefinery process. For a long time, chemocatalytic pathways have been the main transformation methods of HMF, and so, they have been widely studied in recent years. However, considering some unavoidable issues of chemocatalytic pathways, biocatalytic pathways with many advantages, such as higher selectivity, gentler condition, lower investment and environmental friendliness, should be a promising alternative, and unfortunately, they have not yet attracted enough attention until now. To better understand the current research status, this review primarily retrospects and describes the discovery and development...