Recent advances in fermentative production of C4 diols and their chemo-catalytic upgrading to high-value chemicals

AR Varma, BS Shrirame, SK Maity, D Agrawal… - Chinese Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The current era is witnessing the transition from a fossil-dominated economy towards
sustainable and low-carbon green manufacturing technologies at economical prices with …

Lignocellulosic biomass conversion into platform chemicals and biofuels using tetrahydrofuran-assisted pretreatment: A future for sustainable and bio-circular …

LG Nair, P Verma - Biomass and Bioenergy, 2024 - Elsevier
Organosolv pretreatment is an important strategy currently employed in biorefineries as an
initial step for efficient lignocellulosic biomass (LCB) conversion into value-added products …

Approaches for improving the sustainability of conjugated polymer synthesis using direct arylation polymerization (DArP)

RM Pankow, BC Thompson - Polymer Chemistry, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Direct arylation polymerization (DArP) provides a more sustainable alternative to
conventional methods for conjugated polymer synthesis, such as Stille–Migita or Suzuki …

A perspective on catalytic production of olefinic compounds from biomass

Y Nakagawa, M Yabushita, K Tomishige - RSC Sustainability, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Chemical syntheses of industrially important olefins and unsaturated oxygenates from
biomass are reviewed. Their syntheses are discussed in two aspects: common key reactions …

Biomass pretreatment using biomass-derived organic solvents facilitates the extraction of lignin and enzymatic hydrolysis of glucan

Y Wu, H Ji, X Ji - Cellulose, 2023 - Springer
In this study, biomass-derived organic solvents (GVL, THF, and ethanol) were used to
pretreat lignocellulosic biomass to facilitate the extraction of lignin and enzymatic hydrolysis …

Performance and extracellular polymers substance analysis of a pilot scale anaerobic membrane bioreactor for treating tetrahydrofuran pharmaceutical wastewater at …

D Hu, X Li, Z Chen, Y Cui, F Gu, F Jia, T Xiao… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2018 - Elsevier
Tetrahydrofuran (THF) is one of the most representative characteristics of pollutant in
pharmaceutical industry usually has high biological toxicity, making it difficult to treat. In this …

Reaction Pathways for Synthesis of Four Carbon Chemicals from Sugars and Sugar Derived Platform Chemicals

YN Palai, A Fukuoka, A Shrotri - ChemCatChem, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Chemicals with a four‐carbon chain (C4 chemicals), like succinic acid, maleic acid, 1, 4‐
butanediol, and tetrahydrofuran are extensively used as commodity chemicals and polymer …

Transesterification of the ethyl ester of trifluoroacetic acid to its methyl ester using Amberlyst-15: reaction and purification

RR Devale, AM Katariya… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Esters of trifluoroacetic acid are compounds having important applications in the process
industry. Methyl trifluoroacetate (MTFA) is useful as an intermediate in the manufacture of …

Amberlyst 15®: An Efficient Green Catalyst for the Synthesis of Heterocyclic Compounds

HB El-Nassan - Russian Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Amberlyst 15 (A-15) is one of the most common heterogeneous catalysts in organic
synthesis. Since its development in 1962, A-15 has proved to be a highly efficient green …

Evaluation of membrane-assisted hybrid processes for the separation of a tetrahydrofuran-methanol-water mixture

B Scharzec, D Merschhoff, J Henrichs… - … and Processing-Process …, 2021 - Elsevier
The combination of pervaporation (PV) and distillation provide considerable potential for the
separation of azeotropic multicomponent mixtures. However, only a proper techno-economic …