Songyan Jia

TL;DR: In this paper, the impact of water content on the catalytic conversion of glucose was investigated in detail in different dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO)/H2O mixtures (vw = 0.17-0.50) with chromium trichloride hexahydrate (CrCl36H 2O) as the catalyst at 110-130 C. Water content in the binary mix was found to dominantly affect the product distribution.

TL;DR: In this article, the complex dichlorobis(2,9-dimethyl-1,10-phenanthroline)ruthenium(II) (Ru(DMP)2Cl2) was found to effectively catalyze the direct reductive amination of bio-based 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (5-HMF) in the presence of H2 (g) in ethanol solvent.

TL;DR: In this paper, a mixed solution of dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO) and water at varied DMSO/H2O ratios was studied, and it was found that deviation from the general water-phase fructose yield curve, with concomitant 5- hydroxymethylfurfral (HMF) formation, occurred when the fructose concentration in available water became sufficiently high in DMSo rich solvent mix.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors reveal for the first time the distinctive coordination chemistry features of four classes of metal chlorides in 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride ([BMIM]Cl), that are well correlated to the drastically different catalytic performances of the metal chloride in the isomerization of glucose.

TL;DR: In this paper, a biphasic system that consists of 1-butyl-3methylimidazolium chloride ([BMIM]Cl) as the ionic liquid phase and methyl isobutyl ketone (MIBK), as the extractant phase, was identified as the dominant force that suppresses the extraction efficiency of 5-hydroxymethhylfurfural (5-HMF) from ionic liquids.