Process for converting cellulose in a liquid biofuel using N-methyl imidazolium chloride

摘要

Process for converting cellulose and hemicellulose in hydroxymethylpyranone and isomers, using as a solvent and catalyst a mixture of N alkyl imidazolium chloride and hydrochloric acid 37%, where hydroxymethylpyranone is extracted with butanol and hydrogenated to methylpyran and isomers.