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F-containing ionic liquid–catalyzed benign and rapid hydrogenation of bio-based furfural and relevant aldehydes using siloxane as hydrogen source

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Furfuryl alcohol (FOL) is one of the versatile molecules in the chemical industry, and can be obtained from the biomass-derived furfural (FAL) via selective hydrogenation. In this study, a mild and rapid protocol was developed for the efficient reduction of FAL to FOL in the presence of an eco-friendly ionic liquid tetrabutylammonium fluoride ([TBA]F) using 1,1,3,3-tetramethyldisiloxane (TMDS) as the hydrogen source. After reacting at room temperature for 5 min, a high FOL yield of 97% with a remarkable TOF value of 310 h−1 could be achieved. The activation of TMDS with fluoride was found to play a key role in the acceleration of the hydrogenation process, and ATR-FTIR and HR-MS were used to verify the possible reaction pathway.

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The work was financially supported by the Fok Ying Tong Education Foundation (161030), National Natural Science Foundation of China (21666008, 21576059), Key Technologies R&D Program of China (2014BAD23B01), and Guizhou Science & Technology Foundation ([2018]1037, [2017]5788).

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Li, Y., Wu, W., Li, H. et al. F-containing ionic liquid–catalyzed benign and rapid hydrogenation of bio-based furfural and relevant aldehydes using siloxane as hydrogen source. Biomass Conv. Bioref. 10, 795–802 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-019-00453-x

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