Paper: Conversion of hydroxymethylfurfural and their derivatives from sugars by ionic liquids (33rd Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals (May 2-5, 2011))

Monday, May 2, 2011

Grand Ballroom C-D, 2nd fl (Sheraton Seattle)

Gwi-Taek Jeong¹, Kyeong Eop Kang², In-Soo Kong¹, Joong Kyun Kim¹ and Don-Hee Park³, (1)Department of Biotechnology, Pukyong National University, Busan, South Korea, (2)Interdisciplinary Program of Graduate School for Bioenergy and Biomaterials, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, South Korea, (3)School of Biological Sciences and Technology, Interdisciplinary Program of Graduate School for Bioenergy and Biomaterials, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, South Korea

Carbohydrates in lignocellulosic and marine biomass are major constituent. These are well known as abundant and renewable energy source. Carbohydrates hydrolyzed into mono-sugar such as glucose, xylose, fructose, galactose, arabinose, etc., by simple or complex methods. Generally, acid-catalyzed hydrolysis of carbohydrates caused the formation of by-products such as hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF), levulinic acid, furfural, and formic acid. Recently, HMF and levulinic acid, which can converted from biomass, areplatform chemicals for production of a wide range of chemicals. In this study, we demonstrate the HMF production by the protic ionic liquid-hydrolysis methods with lignocellulosic and marine biomass used as potential resources. [This research was supported by Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (KRF-2008-313-D00303).]

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