Cover Feature: Solvent Effects Enable Efficient Tandem Conversion of Cellulose and Its Monosaccharides Towards 5‐hydroxymethylfurfural (chemsuschem 2/2023)

The Cover Feature shows the critical role of solvent system in prompting the tandem conversion of cellulose and its monosaccharides towards 5-hydroxymethylfurfural, an important biomass-based platform molecule. The proposed perspectives indicate that the solvent system can be intimately interacted with the substrate, catalyst and product, thereby contributing to the substrate conversion (conversion of cellulose and its monosaccharides), reaction regulation (reaction activity and selectivity regulation) and product acquisition (humus formation inhibition and product purification). More information can be found in the Review by H. Wu et al.