Review of old chemistry and new catalytic advances in the on-purpose synthesis of butadiene

EV Makshina, M Dusselier, W Janssens… - Chemical Society …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Increasing demand for renewable feedstock-based chemicals is driving the interest of both
academic and industrial research to substitute petrochemicals with renewable chemicals …

Glycerol hydrogenolysis into useful C3 chemicals

D Sun, Y Yamada, S Sato, W Ueda - Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2016 - Elsevier
Applications of renewable biomass provide facile routes to alleviate the shortage of fossil
fuels as well as to reduce the emission of CO 2. Glycerol, which is currently produced as a …

Selective C–C and C–O bond cleavage strategies for the thermochemical upgrading of (hemi) cellulosic biomass

R Sun, C Yang, Z Fang, N Zhu, M Zheng, K Guo… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2024 - Elsevier
Utilizing lignocellulose as an alternative green carbon resource is recognized as a vital
approach to drive the ongoing transition towards a sustainable manufacture of chemicals …

Efficient catalysts for the green synthesis of adipic acid from biomass

W Deng, L Yan, B Wang, Q Zhang… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Green synthesis of adipic acid from renewable biomass is a very attractive goal of
sustainable chemistry. Herein, we report efficient catalysts for a two‐step transformation of …

Glycerol as a potential renewable raw material for acrylic acid production

D Sun, Y Yamada, S Sato, W Ueda - Green Chemistry, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Production of fuels and chemicals from renewable biomass resources is an attractive way to
alleviate the shortage of fossil fuels and reduce CO2 emission. Glycerol is an important …

Top chemical opportunities from carbohydrate biomass: a chemist's view of the biorefinery

M Dusselier, M Mascal, BF Sels - Selective catalysis for renewable …, 2014 - Springer
Cheap fossil oil resources are becoming depleted and crude oil prices are rising. In this
context, alternatives to fossil fuel-derived carbon are examined in an effort to improve the …

Expanding the Scope of Biomass‐Derived Chemicals through Tandem Reactions Based on Oxorhenium‐Catalyzed Deoxydehydration

M Shiramizu, FD Toste - Angewandte Chemie International …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
With the growing demand for sustainability, cellulosic biomass has attracted much attention
as a renewable, carbonneutral and inexpensive feedstock for chemicals and fuels. However …

Catalytic total hydrodeoxygenation of biomass‐derived polyfunctionalized substrates to alkanes

Y Nakagawa, S Liu, M Tamura, K Tomishige - ChemSusChem, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The total hydrodeoxygenation of carbohydrate‐derived molecules to alkanes, a key reaction
in the production of biofuel, was reviewed from the aspect of catalysis. Noble metals (or Ni) …

Deoxydehydration with molecular hydrogen over ceria-supported rhenium catalyst with gold promoter

S Tazawa, N Ota, M Tamura, Y Nakagawa… - ACS …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Gold nanoparticle cocatalyst and ceria support catalyst enabled the use of H2 as a reductant
for Re-catalyzed deoxydehydration (DODH), converting vicinal diols to olefins with higher …

Rhenium-catalyzed dehydration and deoxydehydration of alcohols and polyols: opportunities for the formation of olefins from biomass

S Raju, ME Moret, RJM Klein Gebbink - ACS Catalysis, 2015 - ACS Publications
In view of the depletion of petroleum oils, new synthetic routes for the sustainable production
of chemicals, fuels, and energy from renewable biomass sources are currently widely …