▎ 摘 要
The design of green heterogeneous catalysts for the efficient conversion of biomass into platform molecules is a key aim of sustainable chemistry. Graphene oxide prepared from Hummers oxidation of graphite was proven to be a green and efficient carbocatalyst for the dehydration of fructose into 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) in some three-carbon and four-carbon alcohol mediated solvent systems. HMF was obtained in up to 87% yield in 90vol% isopropanol-mediated DMSO solvent. Some control experiments and analytical data showed that a small number of sulfonic groups and abundance of oxygen-containing groups (alcohols, epoxides, carboxylates) have an important synergic effect in maintaining the high performance of graphene oxide.