Seoul National University

Korea Institute of Industrial Technology

Da Won Chae

Young Gyu Kim

Jin Ku Cho

Baek Jin Kim

Sangyong Kim

Eun-Sil Kang

Do Hoon Lee

Yeon-Woo Hong

The present invention relates to a method for preparing 5-acetoxymethylfurfural, comprising a step of synthesizing 5-acetoxymethylfurfural by reacting 5-halomethyl furfural with alkylammonium acetate. The present invention can provide a method for preparing 5-acetoxymethylfurfural which is economic and has high reaction efficiency even without using an additional base.

Method for preparing 5-acetoxymethylfurfural using alkylammonium acetate

This invention relates to a method of, in an eco-friendly manner, preparing a furfuranol-based compound and a 2-furancarboxylic acid-based compound using an ionic liquid as a reaction solvent, which includes reacting a furfural-based compound with a hydroxide of an alkali metal or an alkaline earth metal using an ionic liquid as the solvent, thus obtaining a furfuranol-based compound and a 2-furancarboxylic acid-based compound, and in which water is not used as the reaction solvent, thus preventing the generation of reaction wastewater, and the ionic liquid used as the solvent can be easily recovered and reused.

Method for preparing a furfuranol-based compound and 2-furancarboxylic acid-based compound using an ionic liquid as a solvent

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Da Won Chae