Towards efficient and greener processes for furfural production from biomass: A review of the recent trends

E Cousin, K Namhaed, Y Pérès, P Cognet… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
As mentioned in several recent reviews, biomass-based furfural is attracting increasing
interest as a feasible alternative for the synthesis of a wide range of non-petroleum-derived …

Recent progress in direct production of furfural from lignocellulosic residues and hemicellulose

T Zhang, W Li, H Xiao, Y Jin, S Wu - Bioresource Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
Furfural is a vital biomass-derived platform molecule, which can be used to synthesize a
wide range of value-added chemicals. Furfural and its derivatives are promising alternatives …

Highly efficient chemoenzymatic cascade catalysis of biomass into furfurylamine by a heterogeneous shrimp shell-based chemocatalyst and an ω-transaminase …

J Ni, Q Li, L Gong, XL Liao, ZJ Zhang… - ACS Sustainable …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Recently, the cost-effective production of high value-added furan chemicals from
inexpensive, abundant, and renewable bioresources has gained much attention via a …

[HTML][HTML] Advances in safe processing of sugarcane and bagasse for the generation of biofuels and bioactive compounds

AK Wani, F Rahayu, L Fauziah, C Suhara - Journal of Agriculture and Food …, 2023 - Elsevier
Sugarcane is a tall, stout, perennial grass with fibrous stalks rich in sucrose used for sugar
production. Sugarcane is widely used to produce sugar, ethanol, and other bioactive …

An efficient chemoenzymatic cascade strategy for transforming biomass into furfurylamine with lobster shell-based chemocatalyst and mutated ω-transaminase …

Z Tang, Q Li, J Di, C Ma, YC He - Bioresource Technology, 2023 - Elsevier
To date, an efficient process for manufacturing valuable furan compounds from available
renewable resources has gained great attention via a chemoenzymatic route. In this study, a …

Hydrogen-free hydrogenation of furfural to furfuryl alcohol and 2-methylfuran over Ni and Co-promoted Cu/γ-Al2O3 catalysts

M Kalong, P Hongmanorom, S Ratchahat… - Fuel Processing …, 2021 - Elsevier
Catalytic transformation of furfural to furfuryl alcohol and 2-methylfuran without H 2 supply
toward transfer hydrogenation process using 2-propanol as a H 2 source was systematically …

Microwave-assisted deep eutectic solvents/dimethyl sulfoxide system for efficient valorization of sugar bagasse waste into platform chemicals: a biorefinery approach …

KTT Amesho, PC Cheng, KL Chang, YP Peng… - Bioresource …, 2022 - Elsevier
The exploitation of lignocellulosic biomass (LB) such as sugar bagasse waste in
biorefineries is the most cost-effective and favourable sustainable approach to producing …

Effective conversion of sugarcane bagasse to furfural by coconut shell activated carbon-based solid acid for enhancing whole-cell biosynthesis of furfurylamine

Q Li, CL Ma, PQ Zhang, YY Li, X Zhu, YC He - Industrial Crops and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Coconut (Cocus nucifera L.) shell activated carbon (CSAC) was utilized as biobased carrier
to synthesize sulfonated Al-CSAC for catalyzing biomass (KOH-pretreated sugarcane …

Catalytic conversion of corncob to furfuryl alcohol in tandem reaction with tin-loaded sulfonated zeolite and NADPH-dependent reductase biocatalyst

YY Li, Q Li, PQ Zhang, CL Ma, JH Xu, YC He - Bioresource Technology, 2021 - Elsevier
In this study, tin-loaded sulfonated zeolite (Sn-zeolite) catalyst was synthesized for catalysis
of raw corncob (75.0 g/L) to 103.0 mM furfural at 52.3% yield in water (pH 1.0) at 170° C …

Catalytic valorization of biomass for furfuryl alcohol by novel deep eutectic solvent-silica chemocatalyst and newly constructed reductase biocatalyst

Q Li, C Ma, J Di, J Ni, YC He - Bioresource Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
Chemoenzymatic cascade catalysis using deep eutectic solvent-silica heterogeneous
catalyst and reductase biocatalyst was constructed for synthesizing furfuryl alcohol from …