SELECTIVE HYDROXYMETHYLATION OF FURFURYL ALCOHOL WITH AQUEOUS FORMALDEHYDE IN THE PRESENCE OF DEALUMINATED MORDENITES

Authors
LECOMTE J FINIELS A GENESTE P MOREAU C
Citation
J. Lecomte et al., SELECTIVE HYDROXYMETHYLATION OF FURFURYL ALCOHOL WITH AQUEOUS FORMALDEHYDE IN THE PRESENCE OF DEALUMINATED MORDENITES, Applied catalysis. A, General, 168(2), 1998, pp. 235-241
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Physical
Journal title
Applied catalysis. A, General → ACNP
ISSN journal
0926860X
Volume
168
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
235 - 241
Database
ISI
SICI code
0926-860X(1998)168:2<235:SHOFAW>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
Hydroxymethylation of furfuryl alcohol with aqueous formaldehyde, yiel ding selectively 2,5-bis(hydroxymethyl)furan, has been carried out in the presence of various dealuminated H-form mordenites. The best resul ts expressed in terms of both selectivity (greater than or equal to 95 %) and conversion (greater than or equal to 70%) are obtained over H-M OR 100 catalyst (0.25 g) using a furfuryl alcohol/formaldehyde molar r atio of 0.009 after short reaction times (less than or equal to 30 min ) and at low temperatures (313-327 K). (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V.