Synthesis of 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural from dehydration of fructose and glucose using ionic liquids

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The production of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) from sugars dehydration is an alternative for obtaining starting materials for the production of polyesters, polyamides and polyurethanes, due to the development of the new materials not derived from petroleum. Moreover, by oxidizing the HMF, the 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA) can be obtained, which can replace the terephthalic acid (TA) (from petroleum) in the polymers production as poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET). The replacement of TA with materials derived from renewable sources is of great interest from an environmental and sustainable point of view.

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Synthesis of 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural from Dehydration of Fructose And Glucose
Using Ionic Liquids
Fernanda C. de Melo,a Roberto F. de Souza,a,# Paulo L. A. Coutinhob and
Michèle O. de Souza*,a
aLaboratory of Reactivity and Catalysis, Institute of Chemistry, University of Rio Grande do Sul,
Av. Bento Gonçalves 9500, 91501-970 Porto Alegre-RS, Brazil
bBraskem S.A., III Pólo Petroquímico, Via Oeste, Lote 05, 95853-000 Triunfo-RS, Brazil
A produção do 5-hidroximetilfurfural (HMF) a partir da desidratação de açúcares é uma
alternativa para a obtenção de materiais de partida na produção de poliésteres, poliamidas
e poliuretano a partir de fontes renováveis. Além disso, a oxidação do HMF leva ao ácido
2,5-furanodicarboxílico (FDCA) potencial substituto para o ácido tereftálico (TA), proveniente
do petróleo, intensamente utilizado na produção de polímeros, tais como, o poli(tereftalato de
etileno) (PET). A substituição do TA por materiais obtidos a partir de fontes renováveis é de
grande interesse do ponto de vista de obtenção de produtos com elevado grau de sustentabilidade.
The production of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) from sugars dehydration is an alternative
for obtaining starting materials for the production of polyesters, polyamides and polyurethanes, due
to the development of the new materials not derived from petroleum. Moreover, by oxidizing the
HMF, the 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA) can be obtained, which can replace the terephthalic
acid (TA) (from petroleum) in the polymers production as poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET).
The replacement of TA with materials derived from renewable sources is of great interest from
an environmental and sustainable point of view.
Keywords: 5-hydroxymethylfurfural, dehydration, fructose, glucose, HMF
Introduction
Currently the sustainable industrial conversion of
biomass still depends on the development of specific
technologies involving processes for biomass conversion
related to equipment for producing fuels, chemical
products and energy.1,4,8,9 An example of this is the
obtainment of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF), see
structure in Figure 1, and furfural from cellulose or other
carbohydrates as glucose, fructose and starch. A lot of
renewable intermediates obtainable from biomass enable
the production of green polymers or are precursors for the
production of fuel, diesel or jet fuel.10-13
Since the end of the 20th century the interest in the
use of raw materials from renewable resources for the
production of a variety of petrochemical intermediates
has been growing in order to develop the replacement of
petroleum as a source of raw materials and energy. Such
techniques enabling the achievement of alternative sources
will gradually be available for industrial application,
depending on economic interests, social and availability
of appropriate technologies.1-3 Several product classes are
promising natural substitutes of petroleum derivatives,
the biomass being the first one obtained from renewable
sources. Among all biomass, carbohydrates represent
more than 75%, therefore the interest to convert them into
fine chemicals is increasing and could represent a real
alternative to non renewable sources.4-7
O
O
HO
H
Figure 1. Structure of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF).
The catalytic oxidation of HMF produces
2,5-furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA), a material that can
*e-mail: michele.souza@ufrgs.br
#In memoriam

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substitute the terephthalic acid (TA) in PET production
or isophthalic acids in the manufacture of polyamides,
polyesters and polyurethanes. The replacement of TA by
FDCA constitutes an important step for sustainable processes
development, thus FDCA production could represent a huge
market. Nowadays polyurethanes using FDCA are already
manufactured industrially for several applications.1,14-16
The synthesis of HMF, shown in Scheme 1, comprises
many problems, especially those associated with the
formation of byproducts through parallel reactions. The
formation of secondary products as levulinic acid (LA)
and formic acid (FA) influence the overall efficiency of the
process, as well as formation of humins polymers which
is the main cause of low HMF yields reported in most of
studies available in this area.11,17,18
HMF produced with low yield and the high cost
of industrial production are the factors that limit its
availability. Some processes described in the literature
produce HMF using acid catalysts for the conversion of
fructose as substrate. However, the disadvantage in the
use of these catalysts is that secondary reactions usually
occur, burdening the process by the loss of material and
the necessity of purifying the product. Moreover, HMF
decomposes under acidic conditions in water.19
fructose to HMF yielding 47.6% and 68.2%, respectively
in 4 h at 130 ºC. Nb2O5 catalyst (calcined at 400 ºC) was
effective for the production of HMF due to its Lewis acid
sites. This catalyst showed a total fructose conversion with
86.2% HMF yield (2 h reaction at 120 ºC).27,29
Qi et al.20 studied the catalytic dehydration of fructose
into HMF using microwave heating and a solvent media
composed by acetone-water, the catalyst being a strong acid
cation exchange resin (Dowex 50wx8-100) that is insoluble
in water. Yields of 73.4% for 5-HMF and a conversion of
94% at 150 ºC were obtained. The resin showed a good
stability at high temperatures enabling its reuse 5 times
without observing catalytic activity decrease.
An efficient strategy for the direct production of HMF
from glucose and cellulose (from ligninocellulose) was
proposed using ionic liquids (ILs) based in imidazolium
in the presence of CrCl3 by microwave radiations, yields
behind 60-90% were obtained. This reaction was considered
a significant advance in the use of ligninocellulose for the
production of carbohydrates via a green process.30 The use
ILs, besides leading to satisfactory results, provides an
environmental alternative process where volatile organic
solvents are substituted representing an attracted interest
in different areas.31
When using glucose as substrate, the situation is more
critical due to the low HMF yield and the production of
larger amounts of byproducts. Using glucose implies the
isomerization into fructose by selective methods, leading
to an increase in yield of the desired final product.18
Different catalysts are employed for the synthesis of
HMF, such as, ion exchange resins,20-22 minerals and organic
acids,23-25 zeolites6,26 and oxides.27 These catalytic systems,
besides producing HMF with low yields and forming
byproducts, high temperatures and longer reaction times
are usually required.28
Hu et al. proposed a mechanism employing SnCl4 as
catalyst for the glucose to HMF conversion in IL, 1-ethyl-3-
methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate (EMI.BF4), where the
Sn+4 center interacts with a acyclic and five or six member
ring intermediates.32 Zhao et al.19 studied an alternative
system, for which dehydration takes place more easily as
the metallic halides catalyst (CrCl2, CrCl3, FeCl2, FeCl3,
CuCl, CuCl2, VCl3, MoCl3, PdCl2, PtCl2, PtCl4 or RuCl3)
is dissolved in the IL. With this method HMF is obtained
in high yields (63 to 83%) and secondary reactions are
minimized (for example, levulinic acid formation is 0.08%).
Among the catalysts tested the highest HMF yield was
achieved using CrCl2 which reaches values around 70%.18
Solid acid catalysts such as SO42–/ZrO2-Al2O3 present
strong acidity and were used in the conversion of glucose and
Sugars
O
O
HO
H
Levolunic acid
[Intermediate]
Formic acid
Insoluble polymers
(Humins)
HMF ether
Scheme 1. Synthesis of HMF (adapted from reference 17).

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Sidhpuria et al. used nanoparticles immobilized in ILs in
the dehydration of fructose obtaining 63% HMF yield.32,33
Another alternative is employing an IL as catalyst and
solvent. For example, the use of 1-H-3-methylimidazolium
chloride (HMI.Cl) in the dehydration of fructose produced
HMF with a yield of 92% after 45 minutes of reaction time.
When this catalytic system was used with sucrose, a rapid
cleavage of sucrose into fructose and glucose was observed.
The fructose was then transformed quickly into HMF with
high yield and without the formation of byproducts and on
the other hand at the same time, only 3% of the glucose was
converted in HMF. The low transformation of glucose is
due the necessity of its previous isomerization into fructose
before the dehydration reaction to produce HMF.34,35
Furans produced from carbohydrates have high
potential for the synthesis of monomers and then polymeric
materials based on renewable sources. They can be obtained
by synthesis which provides high yields and low production
costs, but still should be investigated in order to optimize
the process. A prime example is the use of ILs based on
imidazolium in dehydration processes sugar (fructose or
glucose) with satisfactory results related to the selectivity
that can be improved in the case of the glucose and showed
in this paper.36,37
Were charged into the flask ionic liquid (4 g), fructose or
glucose (0.4 g) and HCl acid (9%) (wt.%). The reaction
system was placed in an oil bath adjusted to a range of
80 to 120 °C (according IL melting point), during 8 or
12 minutes.40 After reaction time, the reaction mixture
was analyzed by high performance liquid chromatography
(HPLC) equipped with UV and refractive index detectors.
The HPLC measurements are conducted using a
Shimadzu LC-20AD with UV and refractive index detector.
The column Aminex HPX-87H (300 mm × 7.8 mm) is
employed to separate the reaction mixture. General
HPLC conditions for analysis of sugars conversion and
HMF yield: refractive index detector; column temperature:
65 ºC; eluent: 0.6 mL min–1 H2SO4 pH 2; injection
amount: 40 μL.41 The amount of fructose, glucose and
HMF was determined by using calibration curves.
Analysis chromatogram of a standard solution containing
glucose, fructose and HMF by HPLC are shown in
Figure 3.
This study reports results of HMF synthesis from
dehydration of fructose or glucose using imidazolium based
ILs as solvent and acid catalyst.
Figure 3. Example of a chromatogram showing separation of glucose,
fructose and HMF.
Experimental
The sugar conversion, HMF yield and HMF selectivity
were defined as follows:
Synthesis imidazolium based ionic liquids
Sugar conversion (mol%)
1-buthyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride (C4MI.Cl),
1-methyl-3-octhylimidazolium chloride (C8MI.Cl),
1-decyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride (C10MI.Cl),
1-dodecyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride (C12MI.Cl) and
1-hexadecyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride (C16MI.Cl)
were prepared to methods previously described (Figure 2
(n = 4-16)).38,39
[sugar]i −[sugar]f
[sugar]i
C =
×100
(1)
HMF Selectivity (mol%)
[HMF]f
×100
S =
(2)
(3)
[sugar]i −[sugar]f
H3C
CnH2n+1
N
N
Cl–
HMF yield (mol%)
+
R = C×S
Figure 2. General structure of the salts studied, CnMI.Cl (n = 4-16), based
on the 1-alkyl-3-methylimidazolium cation.
Results and Discussion
Synthesis of HMF
Results of sugar conversion, HMF yield and selectivity
using HCl acid and ILs (C4MI.Cl, C8MI.Cl, C10MI.Cl,
C12MI.Cl or C16MI.Cl) are reported Table 1. These data
show that it is easier to convert fructose into HMF (yields
All the dehydration reaction experiments were
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above 85%) than glucose (yields about 30%). The acid
dissolved in the ILs is very selective in HMF formation
(> 85%). The same performances are not observed when
tests are performed with glucose as substrate. The poor
conversion of glucose is linked to the need to isomerize
glucose to fructose for subsequent dehydration, as described
in literature.40,42
Figure 4 and 5 repeat data of Table 1 evidencing the
effect of the alkyl chain lengh of the ILs in dehydration of
frutose and glucose respectively. The modification of ILs
nature leads to considerable difference in selectivity and
yield data for fructose reaction when the reaction time is
12 minutes, but not for 8 minutes reaction time (Figure 4).
This results can indicate that with a higher reaction time
decomposition of HMF occurs and ILs with a longer alkyl
chain avoid the formation of byproducts (compare in
Table 1, HMF selectivity in reaction 2 with reactions 6, 10
and 14). About the glucose reaction (Figure 5), conversion
is observed only when C12MI.Cl and C16MI.Cl are employed
and attains high value (ca. 80%), but the corresponding
HMF selectivities and yields remain low (< 50%).
after 12 minutes of reaction time. This result indicates
that the reaction is completed rapidly and that HMF
decomposition occurs subsequently generating byproducts
and decreasing the yield. In this IL (C4MI.Cl), HMF
is not formed by dehydration of glucose (Table 1,
reactions 3 and 4). The same occurs when C8MI.Cl
(Table 1, reactions 7 and 8) and C10MI.Cl (Table 1,
reactions 11 and 12) are employed.
Relating to fructose as substrate, when using C4MI.
Cl at 80 °C, after 8 minutes, the yield is 91% (Table 1,
reaction 1) and is reduced to 70% (Table 1, reaction 2)
Figure 4. Effect of ILs in the dehydration of fructose.
Table 1. Dehydration of fructose and glucose in different ILs
Reactiona
Sugar
Ionic liquid
C4MI.Cl
C4MI.Cl
C4MI.Cl
C4MI.Cl
C8MI.Cl
C8MI.Cl
C8MI.Cl
C8MI.Cl
C10MI.Cl
C10MI.Cl
C10MI.Cl
C10MI.Cl
C12MI.Cl
C12MI.Cl
C12MI.Cl
C12MI.Cl
C16MI.Cl
C16MI.Cl
C16MI.Cl
C16MI.Cl
T / °C
80
t / min
8
Conv. / %
100
100
27
Yield HMF / %
Sel. HMF / %
1
Fructose
Fructose
Glucose
Glucose
Fructose
Fructose
Glucose
Glucose
Fructose
Fructose
Glucose
Glucose
Fructose
Fructose
Glucose
Glucose
Fructose
Fructose
Glucose
Glucose
91
70
0
91
70
0
2
80
12
8
3
80
4
80
12
8
35
0
0
5
90
100
100
0
91
87
0
91
87
0
6
90
12
8
7
90
8
90
12
8
0
0
0
9
110
110
110
110
120
120
120
120
120
120
120
120
100
100
0
88
88
0
88
88
0
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
12
8
12
8
0
0
0
100
100
79
89
96
30
34
85
88
31
31
89
96
38
45
85
88
39
38
12
8
12
8
75
100
100
79
12
8
12
81
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When C12MI.Cl is used in the fructose dehydration,
(Table 1, reactions 13 and 14) the yield increases from 89%
to 96% corresponding to 8 and 12 minutes respectively,
indicating that after 8 minutes the reaction was not finished.
For glucose (Table 1, reactions 15 and 16), the increase
of the time reaction also leads to increasing the yield, but
this one remains low (34%). This low yield obtained for
glucose is not improved by the use of C16MI.Cl (Table 1,
reactions 19 and 20). These low yields related to glucose
indicate that its isomerization in this environment does not
occur, probably due to the stability of its ring structure.33
Results of reactions 17 and 18 in Table 1, where
fructose and C16MI.Cl are used, show that the change of
the reaction time from 8 to 12 minutes does not affect the
catalytic properties evidencing that no decomposition of
HMF occurs as no byproducts are observed.
Figure 5. Effect of ILs in the dehydration of glucose.
The set of these results show that, independently of
IL used in this study, high HMF yields are obtained from
dehydration of fructose in a relatively short reaction time
(8 minutes). These results corroborate those described in
the literature.40,42
alpha to the oxygen. The protonated form leading to
spontaneous dehydration generates the intermediate enol
that rearranges and then loses another water molecule,
followed by deprotonation regenerating the catalyst and
eliminating HMF.
Scheme 2 shows a proposal for mechanism dehydration
of fructose catalyzed by acid such as the systems developed
in this work.Antal43 and Newth44 suggest that the formation
of HMF easily occurs from fructose by cyclic intermediate
enol, 2,5-anhydro-D-mannose, formed in tautomerization
step.42 In this mechanism dehydration of fructose is initiated
by protonation of the most basic hydroxyl group of the
molecule that directly attached to the ring in a position
It isn’t surprising that the IL/HCl system catalyzed
the dehydration of frutose due to the high acidity of the
medium, as mechanism proposed, but also ensures the
phase separation, in particular in the case of BMI.Cl IL, due
to the lipophilic character coming from the chain length of
the imidazolium ring. Balance of these different properties
provides the best systems for avoiding decomposition of
HMF from frutose and the conversion of glucose. In this
Scheme 2. Mechanism of fructose dehydration.

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