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A sulfonated lignin-derived mesoporous carbon (LDMC-SO3H) was prepared from kraft lignin (KL) using phenolation and soft-template method followed by sulfonation. LDMC-SO3H bearing a sulfonic acid density of 0.65 mmol/g possessed a well-ordered 2D hexagonal mesoporous characteristics with mesopore volume of 0.067 cm3/g and specific surface area of 262 m2/g as well as mesopore size of 3.42 nm. A high 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (5-HMF) yield of 98.0% with a full fructose conversion was obtained using LDMC-SO3H as catalyst under the optimized reaction conditions of reaction temperature and time of 140 °C and 120 min, initial fructose concentration of 100 g/L, catalyst load of 0.1 mg/mg in DMSO. Furthermore, there was no obvious decrease in 5-HMF yield (≥95.0%) within the five-cycle experiment, highlighting the superior reusability and stability of LDMC-SO3H in fructose-to-5-HMF transformation.
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The authors are grateful for the financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant No. 21706085) and Subsidized Project for Postgraduates’ Innovative Fund in Scientific Research of Huaqiao University.
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Wang, S., Lyu, L., Sima, G. et al. Optimization of fructose dehydration to 5-hydroxymethylfurfural catalyzed by SO3H-bearing lignin-derived ordered mesoporous carbon. Korean J. Chem. Eng. 36, 1042–1050 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11814-019-0281-3
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