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Abstract 2,5-Furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA) is regarded as a biomass based alternative to p-phthalic acid in polymer industry. Although it can be produced through catalytic oxidation of hydroxylmethyl furfural (HMF), HMF… Click to show full abstract
Abstract 2,5-Furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA) is regarded as a biomass based alternative to p-phthalic acid in polymer industry. Although it can be produced through catalytic oxidation of hydroxylmethyl furfural (HMF), HMF itself is currently produced in limited volume from mono- and polysaccharides like glucose and fructose, thus blocking the utilization of FDCA to replace p-phthalic acid as monomer in industrial applications. This work presents an alternative route for FDCA synthesis originally from renewable furfural through carbonylation of 5-bromofuroic acid with common palladium catalysts, which achieves >99% yield of FDCA based on HPLC analysis, or above 90% isolated yield in gram scale. The influences of the palladium sources, phosphine ligands and bases were investigated in details, and a simplified mechanism was also presented.
Journal Title: Molecular Catalysis
Year Published: 2018
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