Conspectus Organonitrogen chemicals are essential in many aspects of modern life. Over
80% of the top 200 prescribed pharmaceutical products contain at least one nitrogen atom in …

The production of amines from biomass is a growing field of interest. Particularly the
amination of bio-based alcohols receives a lot of attention. In this review, we discuss recent …

Transformation of biomass into valuable nitrogen‐containing compounds is highly desired,
yet limited success has been achieved. Here we report an efficient catalyst system, partially …

Biomass valorization has emerged as a promising and sustainable means of
accommodating value-added chemicals. To produce such chemicals, various transformation …

Shell biorefinery, referring to the fractionation of crustacean shells into their major
components and the transformation of each component into value‐added chemicals and …

Currently, the Earth is subjected to environmental pressure of unprecedented proportions in
the history of mankind. The inexorable growth of the global population and the …

Lignocellulose and chitin are the two most abundant renewable sources of organic carbon
available as alternative for chemical and fuel synthesis. Catalytic conversion of these …

One of the biggest discrepancies between the structure of many utilized chemicals and
petrochemicals is the ubiquity of heteroatoms in the former and the lack thereof in the latter …

Global shellfishery waste generation is from 6 to 8 million metric tons annually. Chitin, as a
major component in crustacean shells, is the second most abundant biopolymer on Earth …

A facile, solid-state mechanochemical method was developed for the synthesis of low
molecular weight chitosan (LMWC) in one step from chitin and crude shrimp shell powders …