Catalytic conversion of carbohydrates to initial platform chemicals: chemistry and sustainability

LT Mika, E Cséfalvay, Á Németh - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
The replacement of fossil resources that currently provide more than 90% of our energy
needs and feedstocks of the chemical industry in combination with reduced emission of …

From lignocellulosic biomass to levulinic acid: A review on acid-catalyzed hydrolysis

S Kang, J Fu, G Zhang - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
Catalytic conversion of renewable biomass to “green” chemicals and fuel additives has been
extensively investigated in the past few decades. Interests on two top platform intermediates …

[HTML][HTML] Selective fructose dehydration to 5-hydroxymethylfurfural from a fructose-glucose mixture over a sulfuric acid catalyst in a biphasic system: Experimental study …

W Guo, Z Zhang, J Hacking, HJ Heeres… - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
A two-step process combining the (equilibrium) glucose isomerization to fructose with
selective dehydration of fructose in the obtained sugar mixture to 5-hydroxymethylfurfural …

Toward scalable biocatalytic conversion of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural by galactose oxidase using coordinated reaction and enzyme engineering

WR Birmingham, A Toftgaard Pedersen… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) has emerged as a crucial bio-based chemical building block in
the drive towards developing materials from renewable resources, due to its direct …

Experimental and kinetic study of glucose conversion to levulinic acid catalyzed by synergy of Lewis and Brønsted acids

W Weiqi, W Shubin - Chemical engineering journal, 2017 - Elsevier
Conversion the glucose to levulinic acid (LA) using various homogeneous Brønsted acids or
Lewis acids in a batch reactor has been investigated in this study. The results show that …

Products of sugar beet processing as raw materials for chemicals and biodegradable polymers

J Tomaszewska, D Bieliński, M Binczarski… - RSC …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
This paper presents an overview of alternative uses for products of sugar beet processing,
especially sucrose, as chemical raw materials for the production of biodegradable polymers …

Conversion of plant biomass to furan derivatives and sustainable access to the new generation of polymers, functional materials and fuels

VM Chernyshev, OA Kravchenko… - Russian Chemical …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) is an important versatile reagent, a so-called platform
chemical, that can be produced from plant biomass compounds: hexose carbohydrates and …

Enhanced formation of 5-HMF from glucose using a highly selective and stable SAPO-34 catalyst

L Zhang, G Xi, Z Chen, Z Qi, X Wang - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract The production of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (5-HMF) from carbohydrates is
scientifically valuable but technologically challenging. In the present work, with the aim of …

Tin–chromium bimetallic metal–organic framework MIL-101 (Cr, Sn) as a catalyst for glucose conversion into HMF

J Hao, W Mao, G Ye, Y Xia, C Wei, L Zeng… - Biomass and Bioenergy, 2022 - Elsevier
hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) is considered a promising platform chemical, from which
numerous chemicals can be produced. Hence, developing an efficient catalytic system to …

Kinetic study of glucose conversion to levulinic acid over Fe/HY zeolite catalyst

NAS Ramli, NAS Amin - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2016 - Elsevier
The glucose conversion using Fe/HY zeolite catalyst in a batch reactor has been
investigated. The main products within the temperature range between 120 and 200° C …