Production of levulinic acid and alkyl levulinates: a process insight

DDM Di Bucchianico, Y Wang, JC Buvat, Y Pan… - Green …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The use of lignocellulosic biomass in the chemical industry has increased due to its non-
competition with the food sector. Several platform molecules can be produced from this …

Furfural: a renewable and versatile platform molecule for the synthesis of chemicals and fuels

R Mariscal, P Maireles-Torres, M Ojeda… - Energy & …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
The production of future transportation fuels and chemicals requires the deployment of new
catalytic processes that transform biomass into valuable products under competitive …

Sustainable production of levulinic acid and its derivatives for fuel additives and chemicals: progress, challenges, and prospects

M Sajid, U Farooq, G Bary, MM Azim, X Zhao - Green Chemistry, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Levulinic acid (LA) is one of the most promising biomass-derived platform chemicals owing
to its wider convertibility to a large number of commodity chemicals. Numerous LA …

Recent advances in hydrothermal carbonisation: from tailored carbon materials and biochemicals to applications and bioenergy

SA Nicolae, H Au, P Modugno, H Luo, AE Szego… - Green …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Introduced in the literature in 1913 by Bergius, who at the time was studying biomass
coalification, hydrothermal carbonisation, as many other technologies based on renewables …

Recent advances in catalytic transformation of biomass-derived 5-hydroxymethylfurfural into the innovative fuels and chemicals

L Hu, L Lin, Z Wu, S Zhou, S Liu - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2017 - Elsevier
In contrast to the nonrenewable fossil resources, biomass, the only renewable resource of
organic carbon in the nature, is considered as a special kind of inexhaustible feedstocks …

Gamma-valerolactone, a sustainable platform molecule derived from lignocellulosic biomass

DM Alonso, SG Wettstein, JA Dumesic - Green Chemistry, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Lignocellulosic biomass typically contains more than 50 wt% sugars that can be upgraded to
valuable platform molecules, such as levulinic acid (LA) and gamma-valerolactone (GVL) …

Catalytic reactions of gamma-valerolactone: A platform to fuels and value-added chemicals

K Yan, Y Yang, J Chai, Y Lu - Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract Gamma-valerolactone (GVL), which is accessible from renewable lignocellulosic
biomass, has been identified as one of the most promising platforms for the sustainable …

Solvent-mediated charge separation drives alternative hydrogenation path of furanics in liquid water

Z Zhao, R Bababrik, W Xue, Y Li, NM Briggs… - Nature Catalysis, 2019 - nature.com
Compared to the vapour phase, liquid-phase heterogeneous catalysis provides additional
degrees of freedom for reaction engineering, but the multifaceted solvent effects complicate …

Impact of hydronium ions on the Pd-catalyzed furfural hydrogenation

IKM Yu, F Deng, X Chen, G Cheng, Y Liu… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
In aqueous mediums, the chemical environment for catalytic reactions is not only comprised
of water molecules but also of corresponding ionized species, ie, hydronium ions, which can …

Catalyst deactivation and its mitigation during catalytic conversions of biomass

F Lin, M Xu, KK Ramasamy, Z Li, JL Klinger… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Biofuel or biochemical production from biomass, especially lignocellulosic biomass, is the
most promising option to replace fossil-based products to achieve sustainability. However …