[1F08-1F11] Interenational sess. (2)

[1F08] Protection strategy for selective oxidative esterification of HMF-dimethylacetal to dimethylfuran-2,5-dicarboxylate with Au/CeO₂

○Nirupama Sheet¹, Jan J. Wiesfeld¹, Atsushi Fukuoka¹, Kiyotaka Nakajima¹ (1. Institute for Catalysis, Hokkaido University)

Keywords:biomass conversion, Oxidative esterification, acetal protection

We have designed a stepwise approach to synthesize dimethylfuran-2,5-dicarboxylate using concentrated solutions of HMF-dimethylacetal and Au/CeO₂, ensuring no loss of the acetalizing reagent and high productivity of the target product.