Table 3.

Results for Sn-catalyzed glucose reactions in water under acidic conditions at 413 K

				Yield (wt/wt%)
Entry	Feed solution	Catalyst	Time (min)	Starch	Glucose	Fructose	Mannose	HMF
1a	10 wt% Starch	HCl (pH = 1)	90	13	87	0	0	0
1b	Postreaction mixture of entry 1a	Sn-Beta+HCl (pH = 1)	12	13	39	23	7	0
2	10 wt% Glucose	HCl (pH = 1)	120	-	91	0	0	1
3	10 wt% Fructose	HCl (pH = 1)	120	-	0	15	0	24
4	10 wt% Glucose	Sn-Beta+HCl (pH = 1)	120	-	28	18	2	11

For entries 1b and 4, a 1∶50 Sn:glucose molar ratio was used.