Facile isomerization of glucose into fructose using anion-exchange resins in organic solvents and application to direct conversion of glucose into furan compounds

Dasom Mun, Nhan Thanh Thien Huynh, Seunghan Shin, Yong Jin Kim, Sangyong Kim, Yong Gun Shul, Jin Ku Cho

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Abstract

The facile isomerization of glucose into fructose has been developed using commercially available anion-exchange resins (AERs) in organic solvents. Following extensive screening for the amount and type of AERs, solvents and reaction time, glucose was transformed into fructose in yields of up to 50% using Amberlite A-26 with macroreticular morphology and tertiary amine functionality in a protic solvent (ethanol). AERs could be used five times without a significant loss of activity. This isomerization method could be applied to the direct conversion of glucose into furan compounds by integrating the dehydration of fructose with cation-exchange resins.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)5495-5506
Number of pages12
JournalResearch on Chemical Intermediates
Volume43
Issue number10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2017 Oct 1

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
We would like to acknowledge the financial support from the R&D Convergence Program of NST (National Research Council of Science and Technology) of the Republic of Korea and KITECH (Korea Institute of Industrial Technology) and from the Internal Research Program (PEO17250) of KITECH.

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© 2017, Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht.

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Chemistry(all)

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