Development of Sustainable Catalytic Pathways for Furan Derivatives

Xiaofang Liu; Dayong Yu; Wenjia Yang; Qiuyun Zhang; Hongguo Wu; Can Li

doi:10.3389/fchem.2021.707908

Development of Sustainable Catalytic Pathways for Furan Derivatives

Front Chem. 2021 Nov 22:9:707908. doi: 10.3389/fchem.2021.707908. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Xiaofang Liu¹, Dayong Yu¹, Wenjia Yang¹, Qiuyun Zhang², Hongguo Wu³, Can Li¹

Affiliations

¹ Guizhou Provincial Key Laboratory for Rare Animal and Economic Insects of the Mountainous Region, College of Biology and Environmental Engineering, Guiyang University, Guiyang, China.
² School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Anshun University, Anshun, China.
³ State-Local Joint Laboratory for Comprehensive Utilization of Biomass, Guizhou University, Guiyang, China.

Abstract

Biomass, the only globally available, renewable feedstock of organic carbon, is considered a viable alternative to fossil fuels. It can be efficiently utilized to produce various building blocks in accordance with green and sustainable chemistry principles. In this review, recent progress, such as the transformation of carbohydrates (C5 or C6 sugar, inulin, and cellulose) and their derivatives (furfural, hydroxymethylfurfural) into significant platform chemicals over polyoxometalates, zeolites, non-noble metals, and ionic liquids in single or multiphase, is evaluated.

Keywords: furan derivatives; ionic Liquids; non-noble metal; polyoxometalates (POMs); zeolites.

Publication types

Review