Table 1. Carbon Yields of Hydrochar and Soluble Products from Furanic Compounds in Various Solventsa.
| yield
of products (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| entry | reactantb | solvent | hydrochar | nonvolatiles | volatiles |
| 1 | HMF | water | 64.6 | 14.5 | 20.9 |
| 2 | furfural | water | 23.4 | 12.4 | 64.2 |
| 3 | furfuryl alcohol | water | 29.2 | 30.2 | 40.6 |
| 4 | HMF | ethyl acetate | 0 | 10.5 | 89.5 |
| 5 | furfural | ethyl acetate | 0 | 1.2 | 98.8 |
| 6 | furfuryl alcohol | ethyl acetate | 0 | 2.9 | 97.1 |
| 7 | HMF | tetrahydrofuran | 0 | 5.6 | 94.4 |
| 8 | furfural | tetrahydrofuran | 0 | 2.0 | 98.0 |
| 9 | furfuryl alcohol | tetrahydrofuran | 0 | 2.7 | 97.3 |
Reaction condition: 30 mL of solvent, 493 K, 5 h.
0.12 mol carbon atoms were contained in reactant.