[2A06-08] Interenational sess.(6)

[2A08] Reductive amination of 5-formyl-2-furancarboxylic acid to 5-(aminomethyl)furan-2-carboxylic acid

○Tat Boonyakarn¹, Jan J Wiesfeld¹, Atsushi Fukuoka¹, Takato Mitsudome², Kiyotaka Nakajima^1,3 (1. Institute for Catalysis, Hokkaido University, 2. Department of Materials Engineering Science, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, 3. JST-MIRAI)

A Co₂P nanorods catalyst promoted the reductive amination of 5-formyl-2-furancarboxylic acid to 5-(aminomethyl)furan-2-carboxylic acid (AMFCA) for biomass-based polyamide. The reaction in methanol-water mixture using Co₂P and NH₄OAc under 5 bar of H₂ provided AMFCA in 95% yield.

Keywords:Reductive amination, Biomass-derived furan, Metal phosphide catalyst