Chemical transformations of biomass-derived C6-furanic platform chemicals for sustainable energy research, materials science, and synthetic building blocks

FA Kucherov, LV Romashov, KI Galkin… - ACS sustainable …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Recent advances in the area of biomass-derived C6-furanic platform chemicals for
sustainable biomass processing are analyzed focusing on chemical reactions important for …

Heterogeneous catalytic upgrading of biofuranic aldehydes to alcohols

J Long, Y Xu, W Zhao, H Li, S Yang - Frontiers in Chemistry, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Heterogeneous catalytic conversion of lignocellulosic components into valuable chemicals
and biofuels is one of the promising ways for biomass valorization, which well meets green …

[HTML][HTML] Sources, sustainability and directions in the chemical synthesis of δ-aminolevulinic acid

MA Ravutsov, MM Marinova, A Kurutos… - … Chemistry and Pharmacy, 2024 - Elsevier
δ-Aminolevulinic acid (1), represents a non-proteinogenic amino acid with a five-carbon
structure, serving as the primary precursor for the biosynthesis of tetrapyrrole molecules …

Exploring to direct the reaction pathway for hydrogenation of levulinic acid into γ-valerolactone for future Clean-Energy Vehicles over a magnetic Cu-Ni catalyst

R Zhang, Y Ma, F You, T Peng, Z He, K Li - International Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
A cheap and magnetic Ni/Cu/Al/Fe catalyst for the selective hydrogenation of LA into GVL
catalysts was prepared by sol-gel method. The reaction pathway was systematically studied …

Brønsted acidic reduced graphene oxide as a sustainable carbocatalyst: a selective method for the synthesis of C-2-substituted benzimidazole

M Karthik, P Suresh - New Journal of Chemistry, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Brønsted acidic reduced graphene acts as an efficient and sustainable carbocatalyst for the
selective synthesis of C-2-substituted benzimidazoles under ambient conditions. A massive …

Efficient utilization of potash alum as a green catalyst for production of furfural, 5-hydroxymethylfurfural and levulinic acid from mono-sugars

D Gupta, E Ahmad, KK Pant, B Saha - RSC advances, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
In present work, we have explored potash alum (PA) as an efficient and green catalyst for
production of high value platform chemicals such as 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) furfural …

Fabrication of Zirconium-Doped Activated Carbon by Chemical Activation for Catalytic Transfer Hydrogenation of 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural into 2, 5 …

Y Wang, Z Qi, H Liu, J Zhang, L Peng - Energy & Fuels, 2022 - ACS Publications
5-Hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) has received much attention as a bridgehead to connect
biomass with furan ring chemicals. Its hydrogenation product, 2, 5-dihydroxymethylfuran …

Phosphotungstic acid heterogenized by assembly with pyridines for efficient catalytic conversion of fructose to methyl levulinate

C Fang, Y Li, W Zhao, W Wu, H Li, C He, S Yang - RSC advances, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Solid acid-catalyzed sugar degradation has been considered to be an efficient approach to
synthesize alkyl levulinates (which can be used as fuel additives and surfactants). However …

[HTML][HTML] 4-Ketovalero lactone (KVL): A gateway molecule for diversification of the furanic platform

RM Durão, MK Marinova, MA Ravutsov… - Sustainable Chemistry …, 2024 - Elsevier
Diversification of the furanic platform has been developed from 4-ketovalerolactone (KVL), a
platform molecule readily available from furfuryl alcohol. A halogen-free synthetic route to δ …

Topotactic transformation of homogeneous phosphotungastomolybdic acid materials to heterogeneous solid acid catalyst for carbohydrate conversion to alkyl …

D Gupta, C Mukesh, KK Pant - RSC advances, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The strong interaction of higher transition metal oxides with inorganic non-metals can be
promising for generating highly acidic three-dimensional materials by design. A …