Korea Institute of Industrial Technology

Do-Hoon Lee

Sang-Yong Kim

Jae-won Jung

Jin-Ku Cho

Bo-Ra Kim

Bo Ra Kim

Baek-Jin Kim

Sang-Hyeup Lee

Jae-Soung Lee

The present invention relates to a method for preparing a curable bicyclic compound derived from biomass. The method includes preparing starting materials furan and methyl acrylate by preparing furan from hemicellulose extracted from biomass, and methyl acrylate from glycerol generated from biomass, preparing an intermediate compound comprising a bicycle and an alcohol functional group by reacting the furan and the methyl acrylate through a Diels-Alder reaction and consecutive reduction, and preparing a curable bicyclic compound that includes the bicycle and an epoxide functional group by reacting the intermediate compound and epichlorohydrin.

Method for preparing curable bicyclic compound derived from biomass

The present disclosure relates to an acid catalyst composition for producing 5-chloromethyl-2-furfural from galactan derived from seaweed and a method for producing 5-chloromethyl-2-furfural from galactan derived from seaweed on a two component phase using the acid catalyst, the acid catalyst composition for producing 5-chloromethyl-2-furfural from galactan derived from seaweed including organic solvent and dilute hydrochloric acid, a concentration of the dilute hydrochloric acid being 4N to 8N (normal). According to the present disclosure, there is an advantage of converting 5-chloromethyl-2-furfural from galactan derived from seaweed by means of a single process by mixing dilute hydrochloric acid and organic solvent by an optimal ratio, unlike conventional methods for producing 5-chloromethyl-2-furfural that had to go through a multi-phase process of preconditioning and saccharification.

Method for preparing 5-chloromethyl-2-furfural using galactan derived from seaweed in two component phase

Disclosed is a method of preparing a petroleum-alternative bio fuel material such as 5-hydroxymethyl-2-furfural (HMF), 5-alkoxymethyl-2-furfural, levulinic acid alkil ester, etc. through a single process without saccharification, using a catalyst conversion reaction, from galactan that can be massively supplied at low costs and extracted from macroalgae of marine reusable resources. Thus, the macroalgae of the marine biomass resources is used so that a carbon source can be more easily extracted than that of a lignocellulosic biomass resource without a problem of having an effect on grain price like a crop-based biomass.

Method for producing biofuel using marine algae-derived galactan

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