METHOD FOR PRODUCING FURANS

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for efficiently producing furans useful as functional chemicals.

SOLUTION: A 1,4-diketone is irradiated with microwaves in the presence of a solid acid catalyst and reacted to produce a furan having substituents at the 2,5-positions. A catalyst of zeolite such as beta type zeolite, Y-type zeolite, mordenite type zeolite or ZSM-5 type zeolite or another solid acid catalyst is used as the catalyst. A zeolite having a ratio of silica/alumina of 2-400 is preferably used as zeolite.

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