Replacement of less-preferred dipolar aprotic and ethereal solvents in synthetic organic chemistry with more sustainable alternatives

A Jordan, CGJ Hall, LR Thorp, HF Sneddon - Chemical reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
Dipolar aprotic and ethereal solvents comprise just over 40% of all organic solvents utilized
in synthetic organic, medicinal, and process chemistry. Unfortunately, many of the common …

A review: depolymerization of lignin to generate high-value bio-products: opportunities, challenges, and prospects

N Zhou, WPDW Thilakarathna, QS He… - Frontiers in Energy …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Lignin is identified as a promising candidate in renewable energy and bioproduct
manufacturing due to its high abundance, polymeric structure, and biochemical properties of …

Reductive catalytic fractionation as a novel pretreatment/lignin-first approach for lignocellulosic biomass valorization: A review

M Jindal, P Uniyal, B Thallada - Bioresource Technology, 2023 - Elsevier
Presently, the use of lignocellulosic biomass is mainly focused on creating pulp/paper,
energy, sugars and bioethanol from the holocellulose component, leaving behind lignin to …

Development of 'Lignin-First'approaches for the valorization of lignocellulosic biomass

TI Korányi, B Fridrich, A Pineda, K Barta - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Currently, valorization of lignocellulosic biomass almost exclusively focuses on the
production of pulp, paper, and bioethanol from its holocellulose constituent, while the …

Sustainable lignin modifications and processing methods: green chemistry as the way forward

B Jacobs, Y Yao, I Van Nieuwenhove, D Sharma… - Green …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The anthropologic impact on climate has reached a critical level given that society relies on
non-renewable fossil resources for energy. Thus, to alleviate this, lignins can play a key role …

Advances in heterogeneous catalysts for lignin hydrogenolysis

Z Shen, C Shi, F Liu, W Wang, M Ai, Z Huang… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Lignin is the main component of lignocellulose and the largest source of aromatic
substances on the earth. Biofuel and bio‐chemicals derived from lignin can reduce the use …

Aromatics from lignocellulosic biomass: A platform for high-performance thermosets

JS Mahajan, RM O'Dea, JB Norris… - ACS Sustainable …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Renewable and sustainable thermosets with thermo-mechanical properties that are
equivalent to, or better than, those of petroleum-derived commercial incumbents are …

Benzenoid Aromatics from Renewable Resources

S Zheng, Z Zhang, S He, H Yang, H Atia… - Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
In this Review, all known chemical methods for the conversion of renewable resources into
benzenoid aromatics are summarized. The raw materials that were taken into consideration …

The driving force of biomass value-addition: Selective catalytic depolymerization of lignin to high-value chemicals

Q Tian, P Xu, D Huang, H Wang, Z Wang, H Qin… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Lignin is a cross linked aromatic polymer and it is abundant in nature. It is regarded as a
potential substitute of fossil resource and industrial raw materials due to its highly aromatic …

Perspective on overcoming scale-up hurdles for the reductive catalytic fractionation of lignocellulose biomass

E Cooreman, T Vangeel, K Van Aelst… - Industrial & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
In the last 5 years, reductive catalytic fractionation of lignocellulose biomass has emerged as
a promising biorefinery concept that combines biomass fractionation with the preservation of …