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Aerobic Oxidation of 5-(Hydroxymethyl)furfural in Ionic Liquids with Solid Ruthenium Hydroxide Catalysts

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The aerobic oxidation of 5-(hydroxymethyl)furfural was investigated over solid ruthenium hydroxide catalysts in ionic liquids at elevated temperatures and pressures. Several different catalyst supports were tested in combination with various ionic liquids. The best result was obtained in [EMIm][OAc] at 100 °C with 30 bar of oxygen over Ru(OH) x /La2O3 which afforded 48 % of 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid and 12 % of 5-hydroxymethyl-2-furancarboxylic acid. During use the catalysts were found to leach some of the metal inventory. However, the leached Ru species did not contribute to the catalytic activity, thus verifying that the catalytic oxidation proceeded heterogeneously under the applied reaction conditions.

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The work was supported by the Danish National Advanced Technology Foundation in cooperation with Novozymes A/S. Special gratitude to BASF for providing some of the ionic liquids.

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    Tim Ståhlberg, Ester Eyjólfsdóttir, Yury Y. Gorbanev, Irantzu Sádaba & Anders Riisager

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Ståhlberg, T., Eyjólfsdóttir, E., Gorbanev, Y.Y. et al. Aerobic Oxidation of 5-(Hydroxymethyl)furfural in Ionic Liquids with Solid Ruthenium Hydroxide Catalysts. Catal Lett 142, 1089–1097 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10562-012-0858-5

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