title: Chemo-enzymatic conversion of glucose into 5-hydroxymethylfurfural in seawater.
abstract: Do you sea water? Water consumption will be a challenge in biorefineries, and the use of non-drinkable sources of water will be preferred. Herein, glucose is converted into 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) in a chemo-enzymatic one-pot, two-step procedure, involving immobilized glucose isomerase to produce fructose and oxalic acid to dehydrate it to HMF.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Technische und Makromolekulare Chemie (ITMC), RWTH Aachen University, Worringerweg 1. 52074 Aachen, Germany.
authors.forename: Philipp M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Grande
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bergs
authors.forename: Pablo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Domínguez de María
mesh_terms: D019747:Aldose-Ketose Isomerases / Q000378:metabolism*; D005662:Furaldehyde / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000737:chemistry; D005947:Glucose / Q000737:chemistry*; D012623:Seawater / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: C008046:5-hydroxymethylfurfural; D005662:Furaldehyde; D019747:Aldose-Ketose Isomerases; C023298:xylose isomerase; D005947:Glucose