Polymers without petrochemicals: sustainable routes to conventional monomers

G Hayes, M Laurel, D MacKinnon, T Zhao… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Access to a wide range of plastic materials has been rationalized by the increased demand
from growing populations and the development of high-throughput production systems …

Continuous Flow Upgrading of Selected C2–C6 Platform Chemicals Derived from Biomass

R Gerardy, DP Debecker, J Estager, P Luis… - Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The ever increasing industrial production of commodity and specialty chemicals inexorably
depletes the finite primary fossil resources available on Earth. The forecast of population …

How catalysts and experimental conditions determine the selective hydroconversion of furfural and 5-hydroxymethylfurfural

S Chen, R Wojcieszak, F Dumeignil, E Marceau… - Chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Furfural and 5-hydroxymethylfurfural stand out as bridges connecting biomass raw materials
to the biorefinery industry. Their reductive transformations by hydroconversion are key …

Furfural: A Promising Platform Compound for Sustainable Production of C4 and C5 Chemicals

X Li, P Jia, T Wang - ACS catalysis, 2016 - ACS Publications
Furfural is a promising renewable platform compound derived from lignocellulosic biomass
that can be further converted to biofuels and biochemicals. The highly functionalized …

Recent advances in catalytic hydrogenation of furfural

Y Wang, D Zhao, D Rodríguez-Padrón, C Len - Catalysts, 2019 - mdpi.com
Furfural has been considered as one of the most promising platform molecules directly
derived from biomass. The hydrogenation of furfural is one of the most versatile reactions to …

Toward renewable amines: recent advances in the catalytic amination of biomass-derived oxygenates

NK Gupta, P Reif, P Palenicek, M Rose - ACS Catalysis, 2022 - ACS Publications
Synthesis of high-value-added chemicals from biomass and/or biomass-derived platform
molecules is considered an important strategy to mitigate the global dependency on fossil …

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 …

Efficient and versatile CuNi alloy nanocatalysts for the highly selective hydrogenation of furfural

J Wu, G Gao, J Li, P Sun, X Long, F Li - Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2017 - Elsevier
The development of efficient and environmental benign non-noble bimetallic nanocatalysts
is highly desirable and attractive in the upgrading of biomass-derived platform compounds …

Continuous flow organic chemistry: successes and pitfalls at the interface with current societal challenges

R Gérardy, N Emmanuel, T Toupy… - European Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
This review intends to provide the reader with a clear and concise overview of how
preparative continuous flow organic chemistry could potentially impact on current important …

Critical review of furfural and furfuryl alcohol production: Past, present, and future on heterogeneous catalysis

DSS Jorqueira, LF de Lima, SF Moya, L Vilcocq… - Applied Catalysis A …, 2023 - Elsevier
The valorization of biomass has the potential to produce molecules from renewable sources.
Among them, furfural (FUR) is one of the best platform molecules due to its reactivity. It is …