Advances in catalytic routes for the production of carboxylic acids from biomass: a step forward for sustainable polymers

J Iglesias, I Martínez-Salazar… - Chemical Society …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Polymers are ubiquitously present in our daily life because they can meet a wide range of
needs and fields of applications. This success, based on an irresponsible linear …

Efficient valorization of biomass to biofuels with bifunctional solid catalytic materials

H Li, Z Fang, RL Smith Jr, S Yang - Progress in Energy and Combustion …, 2016 - Elsevier
Mono-functional catalytic materials are used for many types of chemical transformations, but
are tedious for delivering products from multiple-step reactions required for the valorization …

Sustainable productions of organic acids and their derivatives from biomass via selective oxidative cleavage of C–C bond

M Wang, J Ma, H Liu, N Luo, Z Zhao, F Wang - ACS Catalysis, 2018 - ACS Publications
Biomass is renewable and the most abundant carbon resource, and it shows great potential
for sustainable production of chemicals in the future. With respect to limited fossil reserves …

Oxidation of lignocellulosic platform molecules to value-added chemicals using heterogeneous catalytic technologies

PL Arias, JA Cecilia, I Gandarias, J Iglesias… - Catalysis Science & …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Currently, much attention is being paid to the development of sustainable catalytic
processes for the production of chemicals (biofuels, bioproducts, and so on) from …

Recent advances in the value addition of biomass‐derived levulinic acid: A review focusing on its chemical reactivity patterns

S Dutta, NS Bhat - ChemCatChem, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Levulinic acid (LA) is one of the most prominent biomass‐derived chemical building blocks
that can be transformed into specialty chemicals like fuels, solvents, monomers for polymers …

Esterification of Levulinic Acid Using ZrO2-Supported Phosphotungstic Acid Catalyst for Ethyl Levulinate Production

NAS Ramli, D Sivasubramaniam, NAS Amin - BioEnergy Research, 2017 - Springer
Ethyl levulinate (EL) is a versatile bio-based chemical with various applications such as
fragrance and flavoring agents and also fuel blending component. EL can be produced …

Synthesis of itaconic acid ester analogues via self-aldol condensation of ethyl pyruvate catalyzed by hafnium BEA zeolites

Y Wang, JD Lewis, Y Román-Leshkov - ACS Catalysis, 2016 - ACS Publications
Lewis acidic zeolites are used to synthesize unsaturated dicarboxylic acid esters via aldol
condensation of keto esters. Hafnium-containing BEA (Hf-BEA) zeolites catalyze the …

Levulinic acid upgrade to succinic acid with hydrogen peroxide

D Carnevali, MG Rigamonti, T Tabanelli… - Applied Catalysis A …, 2018 - Elsevier
Levulinic acid is produced from the acidic aqueous degradation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural,
with potential applications in bio-value added chemicals synthesis. Here, we report for the …

Esterification of renewable levulinic acid to levulinate esters using amberlyst-15 as a solid acid catalyst

NAS Ramli, NH Zaharudin, NAS Amin - Jurnal Teknologi, 2017 - journals.utm.my
Levulinic acid (LA) is a versatile biomass-derived building block as it can be used for the
synthesis of organic chemicals as alternative to the depleting fossil fuel resources …

Molecular design of sulfonated hyperbranched poly (arylene oxindole) s for efficient cellulose conversion to levulinic acid

F Yu, J Thomas, M Smet, W Dehaen, BF Sels - Green Chemistry, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
This contribution is about the design and synthesis of various sulfonated hyperbranched
poly (arylene oxindole) s (SHPAOs) with different substituents via a convenient A2+ B3 …