Method for preparing p-xylene by biomass conversion

Abstract

A method for preparing paraxylene by biomass conversion includes the following steps: (1) contacting a biomass starting material with a hydrogenation catalyst for reaction in a multiphase system formed by an organic solvent, an inorganic salt and water, in the presence of hydrogen as a hydrogen source, and separating the resulting product to obtain an organic phase comprising 2,5-hexanedione; and (2) contacting the organic phase comprising 2,5-hexanedione obtained in the step (1) and ethylene with a molecular sieve catalyst for reaction to obtain paraxylene. The molecular sieve catalyst is at least one selected from the group consisting of aluminophosphate molecular sieves and SCM-14 molecular sieves.

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