We experimentally studied the catalytic performances of a series of Brrnsted-Lewis acidic N-methyl-2-pyrrolidonium metal chlorides （[Hnmp]Cl/MClx, where M=Fe, Zn, A1, or Cu） for the hydrolysis of microcrystalline ce...We experimentally studied the catalytic performances of a series of Brrnsted-Lewis acidic N-methyl-2-pyrrolidonium metal chlorides （[Hnmp]Cl/MClx, where M=Fe, Zn, A1, or Cu） for the hydrolysis of microcrystalline cellulose （MCC） and cotton to produce reducing sugar. A variety of factors, such as temperature, time, ionic liquid （IL） species, IL dosage, and the concentra- tion of the metal chloride were investigated. [Hnmp]Cl/FeCl3 presented the best hydrolysis performance, affording a 98.8% yield of total reducing sugar from MCC （1 h, 100 ℃, 0.1 g MCC, 0.2 g acidic IL, 2.0 g [Bmim]Cl as solvent）, which is better than or comparable to results previously obtained with other -SO3H functionalized acidic ILs. The hydrolysis performances of [Hnmp]Cl/MClx were rationalized using density functional theory calculations, which indicated that interactions between the metal chlorides and the cellulose, including charge-transfer interactions are important in the hydrolysis of cellulose and degra- dation of glucose. This work shows that Bronsted-Lewis acidic ILs are potential catalysts for the hydrolysis of cellulose to produce sugar.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21176021, 21276020)Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (YS1401)+1 种基金the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (2012AA- 101803)the Deanship of Scientific Research at King Saud University for funding the work through the research group project (RG-1436-026)
文摘We experimentally studied the catalytic performances of a series of Brrnsted-Lewis acidic N-methyl-2-pyrrolidonium metal chlorides （[Hnmp]Cl/MClx, where M=Fe, Zn, A1, or Cu） for the hydrolysis of microcrystalline cellulose （MCC） and cotton to produce reducing sugar. A variety of factors, such as temperature, time, ionic liquid （IL） species, IL dosage, and the concentra- tion of the metal chloride were investigated. [Hnmp]Cl/FeCl3 presented the best hydrolysis performance, affording a 98.8% yield of total reducing sugar from MCC （1 h, 100 ℃, 0.1 g MCC, 0.2 g acidic IL, 2.0 g [Bmim]Cl as solvent）, which is better than or comparable to results previously obtained with other -SO3H functionalized acidic ILs. The hydrolysis performances of [Hnmp]Cl/MClx were rationalized using density functional theory calculations, which indicated that interactions between the metal chlorides and the cellulose, including charge-transfer interactions are important in the hydrolysis of cellulose and degra- dation of glucose. This work shows that Bronsted-Lewis acidic ILs are potential catalysts for the hydrolysis of cellulose to produce sugar.
