Synthesis of Furfural from Water Hyacinth (Eichornia croassipes)

11th Joint Conference on Chemistry in Conjunction with the 4th Regional Biomaterials Scientific Meeting

材料科学;化学;生物科学

Ismiyarto^1 ; Ngadiwiyana^1 ; Windarti, T.^1 ; Purbowatiningrum, R.S.^1 ; Hapsari, M.^1 ; Rafi'Ah, F.H.^1 ; Suyanti^1 ; Haq, M.S.^1

Laboratorium of Organic Chemistry, Departement of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences and Mathematics, Diponegoro University, Indonesia^1

关键词: Dried biomass;    Fourier transform infra reds;    Mass spectroscopy;    Proton nuclear magnetic resonance;    Water Hyacinth;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/172/1/012027/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1757-899X/172/1/012027

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

Furfural has been prepared from hydrolysis of dried biomass of water hyacinth (Eichornia crassipes) by using diluted hydrochloric acid and sulphuric acid as catalysts. This process involved the conversion of the pentosane fraction in water hyacinth into pentose, and then pentose was cyclodehydrated into furfural. The reaction was conducted in a distillation set with receiving the flask that contains chloroform. Furfural was identified by fehling test which was then characterized using Fourier Transform Infra Red (FTIR) and Proton Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (1H-NMR), followed by Gas Chromatography with Mass Spectroscopy (GC-MS). The yield of furfural obtained using sulphuric acid catalyst was 0.38% and hydrochloric acid catalyst was 0.01% of dried biomass.