Industrial biotechnology can lead to new routes and potentially to more sustainable
production of numerous chemicals. We review the potential of biobased routes from sugars …

Decades of heavy reliance on petroleum refineries for energy have led to perpetual
environmental pollution. These emissions include sulfur oxides, nitrogen oxides, carbon …

Either the ethylene or isobutene-based route for industrial production of methyl methacrylate
(MMA) contains the esterification step between methacrylic acid (MAA) and methanol …

This study shows the direct chemical conversion of a widely available carbohydrate-derived
itaconic acid/methanol into the methyl methacrylate (MMA) ester via cascade …

Citramalic acid is a central intermediate in a combined biocatalytic and chemocatalytic route
to produce bio-based methylmethacrylate, the monomer used to manufacture Perspex and …

The esterification of methacrylic acid with methanol catalyzed by NKC-9 resin (a cation-
exchange resin with sulfonate groups) was conducted in a stainless stirred batch reactor …

Methacrylic acid was produced in high yield by an integrated process involving
bioconversion of 2-methyl-1, 3-propanediol (2M1, 3PD) to 3-hydroxy-2-methylpropionic acid …

Methyl methacrylate is an essential chemical used as raw material for the production of other
methacrylates and poly-methyl methacrylate. There are various chemistry routes, available …

Abstract Poly (methyl methacrylate)(PMMA) depolymerizes to its monomer methyl
methacrylate (MMA) below 400° C but the accompanying byproducts have similar boiling …

A shift from fossil-to renewable biomass feedstock for the emerging bio-based economy
requires the development and adoption of new sustainable technologies that are more …