Production of levulinic acid and alkyl levulinates: a process insight

DDM Di Bucchianico, Y Wang, JC Buvat, Y Pan… - Green …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The use of lignocellulosic biomass in the chemical industry has increased due to its non-
competition with the food sector. Several platform molecules can be produced from this …

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 …

Visible light assisted sulfonic acid-functionalized porphyrin comprising benzimidazolium moiety for photocatalytic transesterification of castor oil

KJ Bhansali, KR Balinge, SU Raut, SA Deshmukh… - Fuel, 2021 - Elsevier
A novel sulfonic acid-functionalized porphyrin comprising benzimidazolium moiety
(SAFPBM) was prepared using 1-(3-formyl-2-hydroxybenzyl)-3-(4-sulfobutyl)(3a), dihydro …

A review on catalytic synthesis of energy rich fuel additive levulinate compounds from biomass derived levulinic acid

KC Badgujar, VC Badgujar, BM Bhanage - Fuel Processing Technology, 2020 - Elsevier
Levulinate esters are unique potential value added energy-chemicals which has
significantly attracted remarkable attention of global researchers due to its potential …

Ethyl levulinate production from cellulose conversion in ethanol medium over high-efficiency heteropoly acids

Y Wang, J Shi, X Chen, M Chen, J Wang, J Yao - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
Cellulose conversion for ethyl levulinate (CCEL) production is a potential technology for
obtaining liquid fuels. Combined the inherent characteristics of cellulose with …

Novel porous organic polymer catalyst with phosphate and sulfonic acid sites for facile esterification of levulinic acid

J Kim, S Ravi, K Kim, Y Choi, HH Park… - ACS Applied Materials …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Biomass-derived value-added materials such as levulinic acid (LA) are favorable natural
resources for producing ester-based biolubricants owing to their biodegradability …

Protic ionic liquids for sustainable uses

JJ Bailey, EL Byrne, P Goodrich, P Kavanagh… - Green …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
This review provides an overview of the current state-of-the-art and major trends in the
application of protic ionic liquids (PILs) to sustainable chemistry. Following a brief …

Clean production of levulinic acid from fructose and glucose in salt water by heterogeneous catalytic dehydration

SH Pyo, SJ Glaser, N Rehnberg, R Hatti-Kaul - ACS omega, 2020 - ACS Publications
Levulinic acid (LA) is considered to be one of the promising organic bio-platform chemicals
and intermediates for the synthesis of fuels, chemicals, and polymers. In the present study …

Dicationic ionic liquids (DILs) as rapid esterification catalyst of butyric fatty acid

RA El-Nagar - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
In the presented work, a series of asymmetric dicationic ionic liquids (ADILs) with different
alkyl chain length spacer between the two cation nuclei (imidazolium and pyridinium) with …

Visible-light mediated sustainable route for conversion of biomass derived levulinic acid to value added compounds by porphyrin photocatalyst

SU Raut, SA Deshmukh, SH Barange, PR Bhagat - Catalysis Today, 2023 - Elsevier
Photocatalytic esterification of levulinic acid to different levulinates by reaction with ROH (R=
CH 3, CH 3 CH 2, CH 3 CH 2 CH 2-CH 3-CH 2-CH 2 CH 2-) and to tri-, di, and …