Heterogeneous catalysis for bio-based polyester monomers from cellulosic biomass: advances, challenges and prospects

R De Clercq, M Dusselier, BF Sels - Green Chemistry, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
It is a 21st century challenge to develop a more sustainable chemical industry where fossil-
based resources are, where possible, preferentially replaced by renewable alternatives. Bio …

Synthesis of isosorbide: an overview of challenging reactions

C Dussenne, T Delaunay, V Wiatz, H Wyart, I Suisse… - Green …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Isosorbide is a diol derived from sorbitol and obtained through dehydration reactions that
has raised much interest in the literature over the past few decades. Thus, this platform …

Advances in upgrading biomass to biofuels and oxygenated fuel additives using metal oxide catalysts

J Ethiraj, D Wagh, H Manyar - Energy & Fuels, 2022 - ACS Publications
Increasing demand for transportation fuels, awareness of climate change, and dwindling
supplies of crude oil has led to the rapid increase in production of biomass derived …

Mesoporous poly (ionic liquid) solid acid for sequential dehydration of sorbitol to isosorbide

D Yuan, F Xiao, N Zhao, C Deng, X Huang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
The catalytic conversion of the biomass platform compound sorbitol to isosorbide is an
important reaction for the production of relevant renewable chemicals. The development of …

Efficient mesoporous SO42−/Zr-KIT-6 solid acid catalyst for green diesel production from esterification of oleic acid

S Gopinath, PSM Kumar, KAY Arafath… - Fuel, 2017 - Elsevier
Highly ordered mesoporous sulphated Zr-KIT-6 (x)[x= Si/Zr] solid acid catalysts were
successfully synthesized by hydrothermal method. Different weight fractions of zirconium …

Role of acid sites and selectivity correlation in solvent free liquid phase dehydration of sorbitol to isosorbide

AA Dabbawala, DK Mishra, GW Huber… - Applied Catalysis A …, 2015 - Elsevier
A number of Brönsted acids (methanesulfonic acid, p-toluene sulfonic acid, triflic acid,
sulfamic acid, citric acid, NaHSO 4, and boric acid) and Lewis acids (metal sulfate/triflates) …

Confinement of Brønsted acidic ionic liquids into covalent organic frameworks as a catalyst for dehydrative formation of isosorbide from sorbitol

YR Du, BH Xu, JS Pan, YW Wu, XM Peng, YF Wang… - Green …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
The confinement of Brønsted acidic 1-methyl-3-(3-sulfopropyl)-1H-imidazol-3-ium
hydrosulfate ([PSMIm][HSO4]) into the channel walls of two-dimensional (2D) COFs using a …

Efficient solid acid catalysts based on sulfated tin oxides for liquid phase esterification of levulinic acid with ethanol

M Popova, P Shestakova, H Lazarova… - Applied Catalysis A …, 2018 - Elsevier
Tin oxide nanomaterials prepared by hydrothermal synthesis at 100° C or 140° C with or
without template and further calcination step were modified with sulfate groups by post …

Isosorbide: Recent advances in catalytic production

F Delbecq, MR Khodadadi, DR Padron, R Varma… - Molecular …, 2020 - Elsevier
This article focuses on the state-of-the-art advancements on the production of isosorbide, a
furanic diol exclusively produced via a two-steps dehydrocyclisation of sorbitol; polyol …

Selective hydrogenation of D-glucose using amine functionalized nanoporous polymer supported Ru nanoparticles based catalyst

AA Dabbawala, DK Mishra, JS Hwang - Catalysis Today, 2016 - Elsevier
Amine functionalized nanoporous polymer (AFPS) supported Ru based catalysts were
prepared by simple impregnation-chemical reduction method, wherein Ru nanoparticles …