The replacement of fossil resources that currently provide more than 90% of our energy
needs and feedstocks of the chemical industry in combination with reduced emission of …

Over the last century, the world has become increasingly dependent on oil as its main
source of chemicals and energy. Driven largely by the strong economic growth of India and …

Highlights from the article: Other possible approaches to solve the problem of HMF
decomposition are obtaining HMF in highly pure crystalline form, using stabilizing additives …

Interest in utilizing biorenewable feedstocks to produce fuels and chemicals has risen
greatly in the past decade due to the economic, political and environmental concerns …

The biorefinery is an important approach for the current needs of energy and chemical
building blocks for a diverse range of applications, that gradually may replace current …

Due to their unique properties, ionic liquids have offered great potential for developing clean
catalytic technologies. After a short introduction of their advantages in green catalysis, recent …

Recently, the production of furan derivatives from sugars has become exciting in chemistry
and in catalysis studies, because it aids one of the major routes for achieving sustainable …

Lignocellulose is the most abundant non-food biomass and is used as a feedstock for the
production of chemicals. Lignocellulose consists of cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin, in …

We report the catalytic conversion of glucose in high yields (62%) to 5-hydroxymethylfurfural
(HMF), a versatile platform chemical. The reaction system consists of a Lewis acid metal …

In this Critical Review, we discuss how carbohydrates can be transformed into a variety of
chemicals through heterogeneous catalysis. We focus particularly on oxidation, reduction …