Hydrogenation of carboxylic acids, esters, and related compounds over heterogeneous catalysts: a step toward sustainable and carbon-neutral processes

R Qu, K Junge, M Beller - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
The catalytic hydrogenation of esters and carboxylic acids represents a fundamental and
important class of organic transformations, which is widely applied in energy, environmental …

Earth-abundant 3d-transition-metal catalysts for lignocellulosic biomass conversion

Y Feng, S Long, X Tang, Y Sun, R Luque… - Chemical Society …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Transformation of biomass to chemicals and fuels is a long-term goal in both science and
industry. However, high cost is one of the major obstacles to the industrialization of this …

Formic acid, a biomass-derived source of energy and hydrogen for biomass upgrading

F Valentini, V Kozell, C Petrucci, A Marrocchi… - Energy & …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Formic acid is a main product from biomass-derived carbohydrates and is attracting ever
more attention as a sustainable hydrogen source, owing to its high volumetric hydrogen …

Valorization of levulinic acid over non-noble metal catalysts: challenges and opportunities

Z Xue, Q Liu, J Wang, T Mu - Green Chemistry, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Levulinic acid (LA), easily derived from cellulose via an acid catalytic process, is an
attractive biomass-derived platform chemical which can be converted into various valuable …

Heterogeneous Catalytic Hydrogenation of Levulinic Acid to γ‐Valerolactone with Formic Acid as Internal Hydrogen Source

Z Yu, X Lu, J Xiong, X Li, H Bai, N Ji - ChemSusChem, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
As one of the most promising biomass‐based platform molecules, γ‐valerolactone (GVL)
can be synthesized from a variety of lignocellulosic feedstocks through different hydrogen …

A review about GVL production from lignocellulose: Focusing on the full components utilization

L Ye, Y Han, J Feng, X Lu - Industrial crops and products, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract γ-Valerolactone (GVL) is considered to be one of the most promising biomass
platform compounds, and it can be synthesized using different reaction pathways from …

Recent advances in the value addition of biomass‐derived levulinic acid: A review focusing on its chemical reactivity patterns

S Dutta, NS Bhat - ChemCatChem, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Levulinic acid (LA) is one of the most prominent biomass‐derived chemical building blocks
that can be transformed into specialty chemicals like fuels, solvents, monomers for polymers …

An account of the catalytic transfer hydrogenation and hydrogenolysis of carbohydrate‐derived renewable platform chemicals over non‐precious heterogeneous …

A Shivhare, A Kumar, R Srivastava - ChemCatChem, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Sustainable and eco‐friendly catalytic processes for renewable lignocellulose biomass
conversion into liquid fuels and useful chemicals offer solutions to minimize greenhouse …

[HTML][HTML] Formic acid as renewable reagent and product in biomass upgrading

M Achour, D Álvarez-Hernández, E Ruiz-López… - Tetrahedron Green …, 2023 - Elsevier
The problems associated with the use of molecular hydrogen (transportation, storage and
high cost) have pushed scientists to the pursuit of efficient hydrogen donors, able to reduce …

Visible-light mediated sustainable route for conversion of biomass derived levulinic acid to value added compounds by porphyrin photocatalyst

SU Raut, SA Deshmukh, SH Barange, PR Bhagat - Catalysis Today, 2023 - Elsevier
Photocatalytic esterification of levulinic acid to different levulinates by reaction with ROH (R=
CH 3, CH 3 CH 2, CH 3 CH 2 CH 2-CH 3-CH 2-CH 2 CH 2-) and to tri-, di, and …