Preparation of furfural from xylose by lignocellulose-based carbonaceous catalyst under biphasic condition = Preparation of furfural from xylose by lignocellulose-based carbonaceous catalyst under biphasic condition

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Conventionally, furfural from xylose has been produced via the utilization of highly corrosive and environmentally toxic mineral acids such as sulfuric acid or chloric acid. From the standpoint of ecofriendly and benign approach, a microwave- assisted biphasic process for the dehydration of xylose into furfural in the presence of novel carbon-based chlorosulfonated catalyst was investigated. In this study, xylose as starting material was placed into a microwave reactor under biphasic condition consisting of H2O: MIBK (1:2). The results show that xylose was completely converted and over 70% yield of furfural was achieved within 5 hours at 180℃. This greener protocol provides highly selective conversion of biomass to furfural as well as facile isolation of product from the reaction mixture.