Designing sites in heterogeneous catalysis: are we reaching selectivities competitive with those of homogeneous catalysts?

F Zaera - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
A critical review of different prominent nanotechnologies adapted to catalysis is provided,
with focus on how they contribute to the improvement of selectivity in heterogeneous …

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 …

Lactic acid as a platform chemical in the biobased economy: the role of chemocatalysis

M Dusselier, P Van Wouwe, A Dewaele… - Energy & …, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Upcoming bio-refineries will be at the heart of the manufacture of future transportation fuels,
chemicals and materials. A narrow number of platform molecules are envisioned to bridge …

[PDF][PDF] Domino reaction catalyzed by zeolites with Brønsted and Lewis acid sites for the production of γ-valerolactone from furfural.

L Bui, H Luo, WR Gunther… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2013 - academia.edu
The development of more carbon efficient and economically viable lignocellulosic biomass
conversion technologies is critical for the sustainable production of liquid transportation fuels …

Production of lactic acid/lactates from biomass and their catalytic transformations to commodities

P Maki-Arvela, IL Simakova, T Salmi… - Chemical …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Production of Lactic Acid/Lactates from Biomass and Their Catalytic Transformations to
Commodities | Chemical Reviews ACS ACS Publications C&EN CAS Find my institution Log In …

Titration and quantification of open and closed Lewis acid sites in Sn-Beta zeolites that catalyze glucose isomerization

JW Harris, MJ Cordon, JR Di Iorio, JC Vega-Vila… - Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Methods to quantify framework Lewis acidic Sn 4+ sites in zeolite Beta (Sn-Beta) with four
Lewis base titrants (pyridine, deuterated acetonitrile, n-propylamine, ammonia) were …

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 …

Fast and selective sugar conversion to alkyl lactate and lactic acid with bifunctional carbon–silica catalysts

F de Clippel, M Dusselier… - Journal of the …, 2012 - ACS Publications
A novel catalyst design for the conversion of mono-and disaccharides to lactic acid and its
alkyl esters was developed. The design uses a mesoporous silica, here represented by …

Simple and scalable preparation of highly active lewis acidic Sn‐β

C Hammond, S Conrad… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Lewis acids are a versatile class of catalysts that exhibit remarkable activity for a number of
essential transformations, including oxidations and isomerizations.[1] Although homogenous …

Aerosol processing: a wind of innovation in the field of advanced heterogeneous catalysts

DP Debecker, S Le Bras, C Boissière… - Chemical Society …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Aerosol processing is long known and implemented industrially to obtain various types of
divided materials and nanomaterials. The atomisation of a liquid solution or suspension …