@article {45447,
	title = { Glucose isomerization catalyzed by bone char and the selective production of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural in aqueous media},
	journal = {Sustainable Energy \& Fuels},
	volume = {2},
	year = {2018},
	month = {OCT},
	pages = { 2148-2153},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {The selective production of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) is important, and it is difficult with glucose substrates in a water solvent. Here we demonstrate a selective method for glucose-to-HMF conversion using the combined catalysis of bone char and 1-methyl-3-(3-sulfopropyl)-imidazolium hydrogen sulfate acidic ionic liquid catalysts with a high HMF selectivity (54\%) in water.},
	issn = {2398-4902},
	doi = {10.1039/c8se00339d},
	author = {Matsagar, Babasaheb M. and Van Nguyen, Chi and Hossain, Md. Shahriar A. and Islam, Md. Tofazzal and Yamauchi, Yusuke and Dhepe, Paresh L. and Wu, Kevin C. -W.}
}
