Polymers without petrochemicals: sustainable routes to conventional monomers

G Hayes, M Laurel, D MacKinnon, T Zhao… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Access to a wide range of plastic materials has been rationalized by the increased demand
from growing populations and the development of high-throughput production systems …

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 …

New trends in tailoring active sites in zeolite-based catalysts

M Shamzhy, M Opanasenko, P Concepción… - Chemical Society …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
This review addresses the recent developments and trends in tailoring the nature and local
properties of active sites in zeolite-based catalysts, with a special focus on novel extra-large …

Heterogeneous catalytic transfer hydrogenation as an effective pathway in biomass upgrading

MJ Gilkey, B Xu - ACS catalysis, 2016 - ACS Publications
Reducing oxygen content in biomass-derived feedstocks via hydrodeoxygenation (HDO) is
a key step in their upgrading to fuels and valuable chemicals. Organic molecules, eg …

Catalytic transfer hydrogenation of furfural to furfuryl alcohol under mild conditions over Zr-MOFs: exploring the role of metal node coordination and modification

AH Valekar, M Lee, JW Yoon, J Kwak, DY Hong… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The catalytic transfer hydrogenation (CTH) reaction is considered as a potential route for
upgrading bio-based carbonyls to their corresponding alcohols. Herein, a series of Zr-based …

Heteropolyacid supported on Zr-Beta zeolite as an active catalyst for one-pot transformation of furfural to γ-valerolactone

HP Winoto, ZA Fikri, JM Ha, YK Park, H Lee… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2019 - Elsevier
A novel bifunctional catalyst that enables an efficient one-pot conversion of furfural into γ-
valerolactone (GVL) has been developed by anchoring heteropolyacid (HPA) on Zr-Beta …

Catalytic and mechanistic insights into the production of ethyl levulinate from biorenewable feedstocks

E Ahmad, MI Alam, KK Pant, MA Haider - Green Chemistry, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
The importance of ethyl levulinate (EL) as a fuel additive and a potential biomass-derived
platform molecule is noteworthy. EL is obtained from the esterification of levulinic acid (LA) …

Chemoselective hydrogenation of biomass derived 5-hydroxymethylfurfural to diols: Key intermediates for sustainable chemicals, materials and fuels

X Tang, J Wei, N Ding, Y Sun, X Zeng, L Hu… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Biomass-derived 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) is hailed as an all-purposed
platform molecule that holds great promise to address a number of high volume markets for …

Meso-Zr-Al-beta zeolite as a robust catalyst for cascade reactions in biomass valorization

S Song, L Di, G Wu, W Dai, N Guan, L Li - Applied Catalysis B …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Hierarchical Meso-Zr-Al-beta zeolites are successfully prepared through a multiple-
step post-synthesis strategy composed of controlled dealumination, desilicication and metal …

Glucose isomerization by enzymes and chemo-catalysts: status and current advances

H Li, S Yang, S Saravanamurugan, A Riisager - Acs Catalysis, 2017 - ACS Publications
The well-known interconversion of aldoses to their corresponding ketoses was discovered
more than a century ago, but has recently attracted renewed attention due to alternative …