@article {44152,
	title = {Direct production of furfural in one-pot fashion from raw biomass using bronsted acidic ionic liquids},
	journal = {Scientific Reports},
	volume = {7},
	year = {2017},
	month = {OCT},
	pages = {Article Number: 13508},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {The conversion of raw biomass into C5-sugars and furfural was demonstrated with the one-pot method using Bronsted acidic ionic liquids (BAILs) without any mineral acids or metal halides. Various BAILs were synthesized and characterized using NMR, FT-IR, TGA, and CHNS microanalysis and were used as the catalyst for raw biomass conversion. The remarkably high yield (i.e. 88\%) of C5 sugars from bagasse can be obtained using 1-methyl-3(3-sulfopropyl)-imidazolium hydrogen sulfate ([C3SO3HMIM][HSO4]) BAIL catalyst in a water medium. Similarly, the [C3SO3HMIM][HSO4] BAIL also converts the bagasse into furfural with very high yield (73\%) in one-pot method using a water/toluene biphasic solvent system.},
	doi = {10.1038/s41598-017-13946-4},
	author = {Matsagar, Babasaheb M. and Hossain, Shahriar A. and Islam, Tofazzal and Alamri, Hatem R. and Alothman, Zeid A. and Yamauchi, Yusuke and Dhepe, Paresh L. and Wu, Kevin C. W.}
}
