5-HMF and formic acid and acetylpropionic acid
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I’m asking the experts here: how can I separate a mixture of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural, formic acid, and acetylpropionic acid?
Is it an aqueous solution or a pure organic mixture? If it is a pure organic compound, distillation can first be used to separate formic acid. Their boiling points differ greatly. Acetylpropionic acid and hydroxy-furfural are difficult to separate. Using distillation to estimate the boiling point difference results in too small a margin, requiring high precision in process control. If an aqueous solution of a binary mixture of acetylpropionic acid and hydroxymethylfurfural is prepared, it is still possible to use ion exchange resins, and then concentrate it in a distillation tower. This post was last edited by yjqin1 on 2009-2-12 14:38.]
It should be an aqueous solution, thank you! We treat it as industrial production! Using resins in industry isn’t very practical, I guess, but thank you very much anyway