Article
Selective oxidation of 5-hydroxymethyl-2-furfural to furan-2,5-dicarboxylic acid over spinel mixed metal oxide catalyst
Catalysis Communications
(2015)
Abstract
Furan-2,5-dicarboxylic acid (FDCA) is a potential platform chemical in polymer industry for manufacturing polyester, polyamides and polyurethanes. Here, we introduced Li2CoMn3O8as an efficient catalyst for the selective oxidation of 5-hydroxymethyl-2-furfural (HMF) to FDCA with 80% isolated yield in a gram scale reaction. The nanocrystalline spinel Li2CoMn3O8Â catalyst was synthesized by gel pyrolysis method using urea and citric acid as complexing agent. The catalyst was characterized using PXRD, BET, ICP-MS and TEM. The catalyst is cheap and easy to prepare. The use of naturally abundant oxygen as oxidant results to high isolated product yield making this procedure scalable.
Keywords
- Spinel Li2CoMn3O8,
- Selective oxidation,
- 5-Hydroxymethyl-2-furfural (HMF),
- Furan-2,
- 5-dicarboxylic acid (FDCA)
Disciplines
Publication Date
January, 2015
DOI
10.1016/j.catcom.2014.09.017
Citation Information
Archana Jain, Subash Jonnalagadda, Kandalam V. Ramanujachary and Amos Mugweru. "Selective oxidation of 5-hydroxymethyl-2-furfural to furan-2,5-dicarboxylic acid over spinel mixed metal oxide catalyst" Catalysis Communications Vol. 58 (2015) p. 179 - 182 ISSN: 1566-7367 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/subash-jonnalagadda/4/