title: Catalytic air oxidation of biomass-derived carbohydrates to formic acid.
abstract: An efficient catalytic system for biomass oxidation to form formic acid was developed. The conversion of glucose to formic acid can reach up to 52% yield within 3 h when catalyzed by 5 mol% of H(5)PV(2)Mo(10)O(40) at only 373 K using air as the oxidant. Furthermore, the heteropolyacid can be used as a bifunctional catalyst in the conversion of cellulose to formic acid (yield=35%) with air as the oxidant.
authors.affiliation: Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Biomass Clean Energy, Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, PR China.
authors.forename: Jiang
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Dao-Jun
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Ding
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Deng
authors.forename: Qing-Xiang
authors.initials: QX
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Yao
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fu
mesh_terms: D000388:Air; D001274:Atmospheric Pressure; D018533:Biomass; D002384:Catalysis; D002482:Cellulose / Q000737:chemistry*; D005561:Formates / Q000737:chemistry*; D005947:Glucose / Q000737:chemistry*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D005561:Formates; C030544:formic acid; D002482:Cellulose; D005947:Glucose