Process for 5-Methylfurfuryl Alcohol (5-MFA) Production from Biomass derived 5-HMF

5- Methylfurfuryl (MFA) is a feedstock for the production of biofuel 2,5-dimethylfuran (DMF). Some of the advantages of 5-MFA are its chemical stability, high energy density, low oxygen content, low volatility and good solubility in hydrocarbons. In addition to being a biofuel precursor, MFA finds applications as flavoring agent and additive in food industry.

Considering the increasing demand for MFA, CSIR-IHBT has developed a low cost, simple, atom economic and scalable process for production of 5-MFA from biomass derived 5-hydroxymethyl furfural (5-HMF).

1.Cost effective, atom economical, energy efficient, scalable process.

2.Devoid tedious purification techniques

3.Simple distillation gives high product purity >95%