- Title
- Copper-catalyzed oxidative methyl-esterification of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural using TBHP as an oxidizing and methylating reagent: a new approach for the synthesis of furan-2,5-dimethylcarboxylate
- Creator
- Gupta, Shyam Sunder R.; Vinu, Ajayan; Kantam, Mannepalli Lakshmi
- Relation
- Journal of Catalysis Vol. 389, Issue September 2020, p. 259-269
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcat.2020.05.032
- Publisher
- Academic Press
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2020
- Description
- Catalytic conversion of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) into furan-2,5-dimethylcarboxylate (FDMC) is of great significance in the production of polyethylene furanoate (PEF), a renewable biomass-derived polymer that can replace the fossil dependent polyethylene terephthalate (PET). Herein, for the first time, we report the synthesis of FDMC from oxidative methyl-esterification of HMF using tert-butyl hydroperoxide (TBHP) as an oxidizing and methylating reagent catalyzed by mesoporous alumina nanospheres-embedded with CuO nanoparticles (CuO/m-Al2O3). The CuO/m-Al2O3 catalysts with different copper contents were prepared by evaporation-induced self-assembly of a structure-directing agent (Pluronic P-123). The decomposition of P-123 during calcination in air results into the formation of a mesoporous structure with highly dispersed CuO nanoparticles. The as-prepared 6-CuO/m-Al2O3 exhibits excellent catalytic activity towards oxidative methyl-esterification of HMF into FDMC with 92% yield and turnover frequency (TOF) of 0.56 h-1. Furthermore, oxidative methyl-esterification of a range of substrates through SP3 C-H bond functionalization has also been demonstrated using the same catalyst.
- Subject
- HMF; FDMC; biomass; copper-catalyzed; oxidative methlyesterification; SDG 7; Sustainable Development Goals
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1431081
- Identifier
- uon:38914
- Identifier
- ISSN:0021-9517
- Language
- eng
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