TY - JOUR
T1 - Cover Picture: Metal‐Free Dehydration of Glucose to 5‐(Hydroxymethyl)furfural in Ionic Liquids with Boric Acid as a Promoter (Chem. Eur. J. 5/2011)
AU - Ståhlberg, Tim Johannes Bjarki
AU - Rodriguez, Sergio
AU - Fristrup, Peter
AU - Riisager, Anders
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Boric acid promotes the dehydration of glucose to 5-(hydroxy)methylfurfural in ionic liquids. Computational analyses by DFT calculations show a significant decrease in energy for the isomerization of glucose to fructose when the sugars are bound to boric acid and isotopic labeling NMR studies confirm that the mechanism proceeds via an ene–diol intermediate as described by A. Riisager, P. Fristrup et al. in their Full Paper on page 1456 ff.
AB - Boric acid promotes the dehydration of glucose to 5-(hydroxy)methylfurfural in ionic liquids. Computational analyses by DFT calculations show a significant decrease in energy for the isomerization of glucose to fructose when the sugars are bound to boric acid and isotopic labeling NMR studies confirm that the mechanism proceeds via an ene–diol intermediate as described by A. Riisager, P. Fristrup et al. in their Full Paper on page 1456 ff.
U2 - 10.1002/chem.201190018
DO - 10.1002/chem.201190018
M3 - Journal article
SN - 0947-6539
VL - 17
SP - 1369
JO - Chemistry - A European Journal
JF - Chemistry - A European Journal
IS - 5
ER -