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Chemistry and Industry of Forest Products ›› 2020, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (5): 27-33.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.0253-2417.2020.05.004

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Theoretical Study on Pyrolysis Behavior of 5-HMF

Bo CHEN1,Bo LIU2,*(),Zhangming SHI3   

  1. 1. School of Mechanical Engineering, Hunan institute of Engineering, Xiangtan 411104, China
    2. School of Electrical and Information Engineering, Hunan institute of Engineering, Xiangtan 411104, China
    3. School of Energy Science and Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China
  • Received:2020-05-18 Online:2020-10-28 Published:2020-10-31
  • Contact: Bo LIU E-mail:19704758@qq.com

Abstract:

The mechanism of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural(5-HMF) pyrolysis was studied by density functional theory B3LYP/6-31G++(d, p). The results show that the energy barrier of generating furfural by hydroxy side chain removal of 5-HMF is 322.8 kJ/mol, and the energy barrier of 2-furfuryl alcohol by aldehyde group side chain removal of 5-HMF is 375.4 kJ/mol. It is indicated that the appearance of furfuryl is earlier than 2-furfural in the pyrolysis process of 5-HMF. Further pyrolysis of furfural can occur the ring-opening reaction to form benzene ring with the reaction energy barrier of 370.8 kJ/mol, which explains that the furan ring can undergo deoxygenation and cyclization reaction. 5-HMF can directly generate ring-opening reaction in the case of H2O participation or without H2O participation to obtain enol compounds or enone compounds. The energy barrier of ring-opening reaction with H2O participation is 287.6 kJ/mol, and the energy barrier of ring-opening reaction without H2O participation is 279.1 kJ/mol. Thus, the participation of water molecules is not conducive to the ring opening of 5-HMF.

Key words: 5-HMF, furfural, 2-furfuryl, benzene, pyrolysis mechanisms, quantum chemistry

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