PROCESS FOR REDUCTION OF HYDROXY-METHYL FURFURAL

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a clean and energy-saving process for synthesizing bis(hydroxymethyl)furan that is useful as an intermediate or raw-material for polymers and man-made fibers.SOLUTION: Provided is a process for producing 2,5-bis(hydroxy-methyl)furan by reacting a starting raw-material hydroxy methyl furfural and a reducer hydrogen using a solvent whose difference (δ value) between the Gatterman doner number and the acceptor number is negative, as the reaction solvent, under the presence of a solid catalyst prepared by supporting a supported metal transition metal on meso-porous silica.