{"id":30994,"key":"Hydroxymethylfurfural_(HMF)","title":"Hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF)","latest":{"id":1206816,"timestamp":"2025-11-27T20:54:49Z"},"content_model":"wikitext","license":{"url":"https://www.appropedia.org/Appropedia:Copyrights","title":"CC-BY-SA-4.0"},"source":"'''HMF''' is an organic compound derived from plant-based sugars (i.e. glucose & fructose). As a platform chemical, it can be processed into various biochemicals that are currently still derived from fossil fuels. HMF is highly water soluble and can be processed into diesel-like liquid biofuels (\"furanic biofuels\"). These are in some ways superior to ethanol. For example, compared to ethanol, 2,5-dimethylfuran (DMF) has a higher energy density, has a higher boiling point (by 20 °C), and is not soluble in water. DMF is similar to gasoline and is compatible with the existing liquid transportation fuel infrastructure, having already been used as a gasoline additive.\n \nHere is a study from the Institute of Chemistry at the University of Rostock, Germany: '''[http://web.archive.org/web/20161208132544/http://www.chemie1.uni-rostock.de/pci/emelyanenko/publications/41.pdf Hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) Biomass-Derived Platform Chemicals: Thermodynamic Studies on the Conversion of 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural into Bulk Intermediates]'''\n\nAn a article in Technology Review [http://web.archive.org/web/20120426170640/http://www.technologyreview.com:80/Nanotech/18943/ (link here)] reports on research about a new catalyst (chromium chloride) that can get the most HMF from glucose and works at temperatures of 80 °C for fructose and 100 °C for glucose.\n\n== External links ==\n\n* Wikipedia:[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydroxymethylfurfural 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural]\n* Article in Technology Review: [http://web.archive.org/web/20120426170640/http://www.technologyreview.com:80/Nanotech/18943// Plastics from Sugar - New catalysts convert glucose into a valuable chemical feedstock.]\n\n{{Page data\n| license = CC-BY-SA-3.0\n}}\n\n[[Category:Energy]]\n[[Category:Biofuel]]"}