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 …

Bio‐based cycloalkanes: the missing link to high‐performance sustainable jet fuels

JA Muldoon, BG Harvey - ChemSusChem, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The development of sustainable energy solutions that reduce global carbon emissions,
while maintaining high living standards, is one of the grand challenges of the current …

Review on development of ionic liquids in lignocellulosic biomass refining

X Lin, K Jiang, X Liu, D Han, Q Zhang - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2022 - Elsevier
Lignocellulosic biomass as the renewable and abundant resource in the earth can be
transformed into bio-based chemicals and fuels with high added value, which is the …

Mini-review on the synthesis of furfural and levulinic acid from lignocellulosic biomass

Z Jiang, D Hu, Z Zhao, Z Yi, Z Chen, K Yan - Processes, 2021 - mdpi.com
Efficient conversion of renewable biomass into value-added chemicals and biofuels is
regarded as an alternative route to reduce our high dependence on fossil resources and the …

Cooperative Brønsted-Lewis acid sites created by phosphotungstic acid encapsulated metal–organic frameworks for selective glucose conversion to 5 …

MS Rahaman, S Tulaphol, MA Hossain, JB Jasinski… - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Production of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) from biomass-derived glucose has
great potential for synthesis of renewable fuels and chemicals. Selective glucose conversion …

One pot bioprocessing in lignocellulosic biorefinery: A review

D Haldar, P Dey, J Thomas, RR Singhania… - Bioresource …, 2022 - Elsevier
Practically, high-yield conversion of biomass into value-added products at low cost is a
primary goal for any lignocellulosic refinery. In the industrial context, the limitation in the …

Processing of lignocellulose in ionic liquids: A cleaner and sustainable approach

U Qasim, S Rafiq, F Jamil, A Ahmed, T Ali, J Kers… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
In the wake of developing a sustainable future, the valorization of abundant, eco-friendly,
and renewable lignocellulose resources is of immense importance. The pretreatment of …

Recent advances in the conversion of lignocellulosic biomass and its degraded products to levulinic acid: A synergy of Brønsted-Lowry acid and Lewis acid

NSM Azlan, CL Yap, S Gan, MBA Rahman - Industrial Crops and Products, 2022 - Elsevier
Levulinic acid (LA) imparts carboxylic acid and ketone bifunctionality, serving as a highly
versatile platform chemical for the production of various value-added products. The …

Upcycling agricultural waste to biodegradable polyhydroxyalkanoates by combined ambient alkaline pretreatment and bacterial fermentation

MA Hossain, L Mushill, MS Rahaman, SM Mains… - Industrial Crops and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Medium-chain-length polyhydroxyalkanoates (mcl-PHAs), polyesters produced by bacterial
fermentation of sugars and/or lipids, are potential bioplastic alternatives to petroleum …

Synthesis of Levulinic Acids From Muconic Acids in Hot Water

C Ver Elst, R Vroemans, M Bal… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Levulinic acid is a key biorenewable platform molecule. Its current chemical production from
sugars is plagued by limited yields, char formation and difficult separations. An alternative …