Levulinic acid is a sustainable platform molecule that can be upgraded to valuable
chemicals and fuel additives. This article focuses on the catalytic upgrading of levulinic acid …

As our high dependence on the supply of diminishing fossil fuel reserves raise great
concerns in its environmental, political and economic consequences, utilization of …

Abstract Gamma-valerolactone (GVL), which is accessible from renewable lignocellulosic
biomass, has been identified as one of the most promising platforms for the sustainable …

Lignocellulosic biomass is a renewable and abundant source that can be used as a
replacement for fossil resources in the sustainable production of speciality chemicals and …

Biomass has emerged as a potential alternative feedstock to dwindling fossil fuel reserves.
Starting in the 1990s, extensive research has been directed towards the synthesis of useful …

Mono-functional catalytic materials are used for many types of chemical transformations, but
are tedious for delivering products from multiple-step reactions required for the valorization …

Recently, valorization of lignocellulosic biomass, the most abundantly available biomass
raw material on the Earth, to biofuels and chemicals has attracted great attention worldwide …

Production of γ-valerolactone (GVL) from biomass-derived levulinic acid and its esters via a
catalytic transfer hydrogenation (CTH) process over sulfonic acid-functionalized UiO-66, a …

Catalyst stability in the liquid phase under polar conditions, typically required for the catalytic
conversion of renewable platform molecules, is a major concern but has been only sparsely …

Catalysis is one of the most valuable principles out of twelve principles of Green Chemistry.
Green chemistry is the utilization of a set of principles that eliminates or reduces the use or …