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One-pot fructose conversion into 5-ethoxymethylfurfural using a sulfonated hydrophobic mesoporous organic polymer as a highly active and stable heterogeneous catalyst
- Source :
- Catalysis Science & Technology. 11:5816-5826
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), 2021.
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Abstract
- We report a sulfonated hydrophobic mesoporous organic polymer (MOP-SO3H) as a highly efficient heterogeneous catalyst for one-pot 5-ethoxymethylfurfural (EMF) production from fructose in ethanol solvent. MOP-SO3H was fabricated by co-polymerization of divinylbenzene (DVB) and sodium p-styrene sulfonate (SPSS) followed by ion exchange with dilute H2SO4, and its pore structure and acid density could be tuned easily by varying the mole ratio of SPSS to DVB. 31P MAS NMR analysis using trimethylphosphine oxide as a base probe molecule indicated that MOP-SO3H possessed a weaker Bronsted acid site than conventional cation-exchange resins. The superhydrophobic properties of MOP-SO3H were retained even after incorporating a greater number of sulfonic acid groups into the polymer framework, while conventional solid acid resins exhibited hydrophilic properties. MOP-SO3H exhibited a superior catalytic performance in comparison with conventional acid resins, a mesoporous acid catalyst, and homogeneous acid catalysts in EMF production from fructose. After optimization of various reaction conditions using MOP-SO3H, a high EMF yield of 72.2% at 99.3% fructose conversion was achieved at 100 °C in a very short reaction time of 5 h. Notably, MOP-SO3H showed a much higher EMF formation rate than the Amberlyst-15 catalyst (53.5 vs. 6.1 μmol g−1 min−1). This superior performance of the MOP-SO3H catalyst was attributed to its unique feature of large surface area containing a large quantity of readily accessible acid sites distributed throughout the hydrophobic polymer framework. In addition to its high catalytic activity, the notable stability of the MOP-SO3H catalyst was also confirmed by leaching and recyclability tests. Thus, owing to its excellent catalytic performance and easy scalability, MOP-SO3H can potentially be used as an industrial heterogeneous catalyst to produce EMF from various fructose-containing biomass.
- Subjects :
- chemistry.chemical_classification
010405 organic chemistry
Polymer
Sulfonic acid
010402 general chemistry
Heterogeneous catalysis
Divinylbenzene
01 natural sciences
Catalysis
0104 chemical sciences
chemistry.chemical_compound
Sulfonate
chemistry
Chemical engineering
Brønsted–Lowry acid–base theory
Mesoporous material
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 20444761 and 20444753
- Volume :
- 11
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Catalysis Science & Technology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........3911778c4aeffc6040b51ccb04f3cb41