5-(Chloromethyl)Furfural as a Potential Source for Continuous Hydrogenation of 5-(Hydroxymethyl)Furfural to 2,5-Bis(Hydroxymethyl)Furan

Dongwoon Park; Soohyeon Lee; Jinsung Kim; Ga Yeong Ryu; Young-Woong Suh

doi:10.1002/cplu.202200272

5-(Chloromethyl)Furfural as a Potential Source for Continuous Hydrogenation of 5-(Hydroxymethyl)Furfural to 2,5-Bis(Hydroxymethyl)Furan

Chempluschem. 2022 Dec;87(12):e202200272. doi: 10.1002/cplu.202200272. Epub 2022 Aug 24.

Authors

Dongwoon Park¹, Soohyeon Lee¹, Jinsung Kim¹, Ga Yeong Ryu¹, Young-Woong Suh^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Chemical Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul, 04763, South Korea.
² Research Institute of Industrial Science, Hanyang University, Seoul, 04763, South Korea).

PMID: 36000798
DOI: 10.1002/cplu.202200272

Abstract

Invited for this month's cover is the group of Prof. Young-Woong Suh at Hanyang University, Republic of Korea. The cover picture depicts the conceptual design of plastic manufacture starting from 5-(chloromethyl)furfural (CMF) generated from raw biomass (rice straw in the picture). The processing is to hydrolyze the CMF to 5-(hydroxymethyl)furfural (HMF) in aqueous medium, followed by catalytic hydrogenation into 2,5-bis(hydroxymethyl)furan (BHMF). The BHMF can be used as a monomer for plastics including polyurethanes, epoxy resins, and polyesters. More information can be found in the Research Article by Y.-W. Suh and co-workers.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Furaldehyde*
Humans
Hydrogenation

Substances

5-(chloromethyl)furfural
5-hydroxymethylfurfural
2,5-bis(hydroxymethyl)furan
Furaldehyde