Polymers without petrochemicals: sustainable routes to conventional monomers

G Hayes, M Laurel, D MacKinnon, T Zhao… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Access to a wide range of plastic materials has been rationalized by the increased demand
from growing populations and the development of high-throughput production systems …

A comprehensive metabolic map for production of bio-based chemicals

SY Lee, HU Kim, TU Chae, JS Cho, JW Kim, JH Shin… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Production of industrial chemicals using renewable biomass feedstock is becoming
increasingly important to address limited fossil resources, climate change and other …

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 …

Muconic acid production from glucose and xylose in Pseudomonas putida via evolution and metabolic engineering

C Ling, GL Peabody, D Salvachúa, YM Kim… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Muconic acid is a bioprivileged molecule that can be converted into direct replacement
chemicals for incumbent petrochemicals and performance-advantaged bioproducts. In this …

[HTML][HTML] The path forward for lignocellulose biorefineries: bottlenecks, solutions, and perspective on commercialization

AK Chandel, VK Garlapati, AK Singh, FAF Antunes… - Bioresource …, 2018 - Elsevier
Lignocellulose biorefinery encompasses process engineering and biotechnology tools for
the processing of lignocellulosic biomass for the manufacturing of bio-based products (such …

Recent updates on different methods of pretreatment of lignocellulosic feedstocks: a review

AK Kumar, S Sharma - Bioresources and bioprocessing, 2017 - Springer
Lignocellulosic feedstock materials are the most abundant renewable bioresource material
available on earth. It is primarily composed of cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin, which are …

Green synthesis of gamma-valerolactone (GVL) through hydrogenation of biomass-derived levulinic acid using non-noble metal catalysts: A critical review

S Dutta, KM Iris, DCW Tsang, YH Ng, YS Ok… - Chemical Engineering …, 2019 - Elsevier
The distinct physicochemical properties and renewable origin of gamma-valerolactone
(GVL) have provided opportunities for diversifying its applications, particularly as a green …

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 …

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 …

Engineering co-utilization of glucose and xylose for chemical overproduction from lignocellulose

J Gao, W Yu, Y Li, M Jin, L Yao, YJ Zhou - Nature Chemical Biology, 2023 - nature.com
Bio-refining lignocellulose could provide a sustainable supply of fuels and fine chemicals;
however, the challenges associated with the co-utilization of xylose and glucose typically …