Directional and integrated conversion of whole components in biomass for levulinates and phenolics with biphasic system

Bioresource Technology
Junfeng FengHui Pan

Abstract

Integrated conversion and stepwise extraction of whole components in biomass with biphasic system are introduced for producing chemicals: levulinates and phenolics. When methanol/dimethoxymethane as biphasic solvent, 46.51% methyl levulinate and 18.78% phenolics were obtained with a conversion of 80.59 wt% per 4 g rice straw under the mild reaction conditions. Levulinates were collected with a 87.5 wt% high purity of methyl levulinate with stepwise precipitation and extraction from the cellulose and hemicellulose. The results of acid value, freezing point, induction period, kinematic viscosity, and flash point supposed that the extracted methyl levulinate could meet the requirements of fuel additives. Depolymerized lignin was consisted of many low-molecular phenolics. These results illustrated that the biphasic system can promote the conversion of cellulose and hemicellulose to the same product methyl levulinate through different intermediate transition compounds, and the catalyst can contribute to directly cleave the glycosidic bonds, β-O-4, and 4-O-5 with adequate protons.

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