Glucose and fructose are among the most abundant plant-derived materials1andhave been converted into useful buildingunits often used in the drug discovery and polymer architecture.2Unfortunately, most of these conversions require mineral acids and complex heterogeneous catalysis systems which suffer from the diminished activity and recyclability issues.3 Herein, we report a highly reactive and inexpensiveheterogeneous sulfonated graphitic carbon nitride (Sg-CN), endowed with strong acidity that readily transforms carbohydrates to furanics. The ready availability and benign nature of the material and its stabilty over the several reaction cycles renders this catalyst very useful in organic synthesis, polymer industry and in the preparation of drug precursors. References Kruger, N. J. Plant, Physiology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 1990, 1, 59. Nikolla, E.;Román-Leshkov, Y.;Moliner, M.;Davis, M. E. ACS Catal.,2011, 1, 408. Putten, R. J.; Waal, J. C. V. D.;Jong, E. D.;Rasrendra, C. B.;Heeres,H. J.; Vries, J. G. D. Chem. Rev., 2013, 113, 1499.

Heterogeneous organo-catalysis: Sustainable pathway to furanics from biomass

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