Biorefinery roadmap based on catalytic production and upgrading 5-hydroxymethylfurfural

Q Hou, X Qi, M Zhen, H Qian, Y Nie, C Bai, S Zhang… - Green …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Biorefineries, which utilize lignocellulosic biomass as renewable energy source and
sustainable carbon feedstock, are a promising solution to alleviate the excessive …

A comprehensive review on how ionic liquids enhance the pyrolysis of cellulose, lignin, and lignocellulose toward a circular economy

M Eqbalpour, A Andooz, E Kowsari… - Wiley …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The sustainable use of plant biomass (PB) to produce new valuable compounds helps
alleviate the world's excessive reliance on fossil fuels. Among the different processes …

Homogeneous metal salt solutions for biomass upgrading and other select organic reactions

N Rodriguez Quiroz, AM Norton, H Nguyen… - ACS …, 2019 - ACS Publications
The growing interest in biomass as a renewable feedstock drives research toward
innovative processes and performance-advantaged bioproducts. Homogeneous metal salt …

Affinity descriptor of metal catalysts: concept, measurement and application of oxygen affinity in the catalytic transformation of oxygenates

H Li, Z Huang, C Zhang, Y Wang, X Zhang… - Chemical Society …, 2025 - pubs.rsc.org
Multiple oxygenate groups in biomass-based feedstocks are open to multiple catalytic
pathways and products, typically resulting in low selectivity for the desired products. In this …

Heterometallic PdII–Cl–CuI Catalyst for Efficient Hydrolysis of β-1,4-Glycosidic Bonds in 1-Butyl-3-methylimidazolium Chloride

Y Yang, H Qi, H Li, Z Xu, X Liu, S Yu, ZC Zhang - ACS Catalysis, 2021 - ACS Publications
Efficient hydrolysis of β-1, 4-glycosidic bonds of cellulose is a pivotal step in biorefineries of
cellulosic biomass. In this work, we discovered that paired PdCl2–CuCl exhibited excellent …

Sulfosuccinic acid-based metal-center catalysts for the synthesis of HMF from carbohydrates

GAP Perez, S Pandey, MJ Dumont - Catalysis Today, 2023 - Elsevier
Hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) has been highlighted as a promising platform chemical and a
keystone for the implementation of carbohydrate-based biorefineries. However, substrate …

Sugar dehydration to 5-hydroxymethylfurfural in mixtures of water/[Bmim] Cl catalyzed by iron sulfate

X Song, C Wang, L Chen, Q Liu, J Liu, Y Zhu… - New Journal of …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Ionic liquids (ILs) as additives were used in the selective conversion of bio-based
carbohydrates to 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) in this work. The effect of adding various …

Oxygen affinity of transition metal cations: A coherent descriptor elucidating catalytic oxygenate transformations

H Li, P Yan, BQ Xu, ZC Zhang - Journal of Catalysis, 2022 - Elsevier
This work reports a complementary descriptor to acidity for metal cations-oxygen affinity, to
scale the interaction strength of metal cations with oxygenate groups. A method for …

Panorama Geral da Utilização de Líquidos Iônicos para Fracionamento e Transformação da Biomassa Lignocelulósica

DR Fernandes, BDV Evangelista, BP Pinto… - Revista Virtual de …, 2021 - rvq-sub.sbq.org.br
Alguns países, incluindo o Brasil, estão investindo cada vez mais em fontes alternativas de
energia, especialmente as fontes de energia renováveis. Nesse contexto, a transformação …

Evolution of catalytically active species in paired PdCl 2–CuCl 2/[BMim] Cl for hydrolysis of β-1, 4-glycosidic bonds

Y Yang, H Qi, Z Xu, ZC Zhang - Catalysis Science & Technology, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
In this work, we identified the prevailing catalytically active species evolved from paired
PdCl2–CuCl2 in 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride ([BMim] Cl) that displayed dramatic …