Oxidation of 5-Chloromethylfurfural (CMF) to 2,5-Diformylfuran (DFF).

ABSTRACT: 2,5-Diformylfuran (DFF) is an important biorenewable building block, namely for the manufacture of new polymers that may replace existing materials derived from limited fossil fuel resources. The current reported methods for the preparation of DFF are mainly derived from the oxidation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) and, to a lesser extent, directly from fructose. 5-Chloromethylfurfural (CMF) has been considered an alternative to HMF as an intermediate building block due to its advantages regarding stability, polarity, and availability from glucose and cellulose. The only reported method for the transformation of CMF to DFF is restricted to the use of DMSO as the solvent and oxidant. We envisioned that the transformation could be performed using more attractive conditions. To that end, we

SUBMITTER: Vicente AI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6155580 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature