If you needed to produce 2-MeTHF, which non-food source could you use?

Today’s Green Chemistry Question

 

If you needed to produce 2-MeTHF, which non-food source could you use?

A. corn cobs

B. sugarcane bagasse

C. oat hulls

D. all of the above
 

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Answer: D) This solvent is derived from non-edible renewable resources such as corncobs and expanding by-product of food and the biofuel industries. Methyl-Tetrahydrofuran is a THF alternative that is being promoted as being more ecologically friendly. It is a direct substitute of petroleum-derived ethers (THF) and volatile chlorinated solvents (DCM).  MeTHF facilitates green costs savings through the reduction of process mass intensity (PMI) at source and is easier to recycle.  As referenced by Dr. Bogdan Comanita, (Pennakem, LLC).