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Dehydration of Xylose into Furfural in the Presence of Crystalline Microporous Silicoaluminophosphates

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Microporous silicoaluminophosphates SAPO-5, SAPO-11 and SAPO-40 have been tested as solid acid catalysts in the dehydration of xylose into furfural (FUR) under biphasic aqueous-organic conditions, at 170 °C. For all materials, no decrease in catalytic activity is observed after three consecutive recycling runs. Furfural yields at 4 h using SAPO-11 (34–38%) are comparable with that for HMOR zeolite with Si/Al ~ 6 (34%), under similar reaction conditions, while H2SO4 (0.03 M) gives 2% FUR. Complete xylose conversion is reached within 16–24 h, with furfural yields of up to 65%. Brønsted and Lewis acidity of the silicoaluminophosphates was determined through FTIR analysis of adsorbed pyridine, and tentatively correlated with the catalytic performances.

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Acknowledgments

This work was partly funded by the FCT, POCTI and FEDER (project POCTI/QUI/56112/2004 and PTDC/QUI/71198/2006). The authors thank Prof. C.P. Neto for helpful discussions, Dr. Z. Lin (CICECO) for supplying a mordenite sample, and Dr. F. Domingues for access to HPLC equipment. S.L. and M.M.A. are grateful to the FCT for grants.

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    Sérgio Lima, Margarida M. Antunes, Martyn Pillinger & Anabela A. Valente

  2. Institute of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001, Lisbon, Portugal

    Auguste Fernandes & Filipa Ribeiro

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Lima, S., Fernandes, A., Antunes, M.M. et al. Dehydration of Xylose into Furfural in the Presence of Crystalline Microporous Silicoaluminophosphates. Catal Lett 135, 41–47 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10562-010-0259-6

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