Production of levoglucosenone and 5-hydroxymethylfurfural from cellulose in polar aprotic solvent-water mixtures

Engineering & Materials Science

• Cellulose 68%
• Dehydration 58%
• Water 33%
• Water content 33%
• Catalysts 26%
• Dimethyl sulfoxide 26%
• Carbon 23%
• Hydrochloric acid 21%
• Sulfuric acid 19%
• Ethers 18%
• Glucose 17%
• Economic analysis 17%
• Acids 14%
• Degradation 10%
• Costs 5%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• cellulose 60%
• dehydration 47%
• catalyst 28%
• water content 24%
• product 22%
• water 19%
• production cost 18%
• hydrochloric acid 18%
• economic analysis 17%
• carbon 17%
• ether 16%
• sulfuric acid 15%
• glucose 14%
• degradation 10%
• acid 9%
• rate 5%

Chemical Compounds

• Levoglucosenone 100%
• 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural 78%
• Mixture 27%
• Dehydration 15%
• Reaction Yield 10%
• Tetraglyme 9%
• Levoglucosan 9%
• Gamma-Valerolactone 8%
• Solvent 8%
• Diglyme 8%
• 1,4-dioxane 7%
• Acid Catalyst 6%
• Dimethyl Sulfoxide 5%
• Carbon Atom 5%
• Sulfuric Acid 5%
• Glucose 4%
• Ether 4%
• Strength 3%
• Purity 3%
• Amount 2%
• Catalyst 2%
• Acid 2%