Advances in porous and nanoscale catalysts for viable biomass conversion

P Sudarsanam, E Peeters, EV Makshina… - Chemical Society …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Heterogeneous catalysis is a promising technology for the valorization of renewable
biomass to sustainable advanced fuels and fine chemicals. Porosity and nanostructure are …

Advances in catalytic routes for the production of carboxylic acids from biomass: a step forward for sustainable polymers

J Iglesias, I Martínez-Salazar… - Chemical Society …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Polymers are ubiquitously present in our daily life because they can meet a wide range of
needs and fields of applications. This success, based on an irresponsible linear …

50th Anniversary Perspective: There Is a Great Future in Sustainable Polymers

DK Schneiderman, MA Hillmyer - Macromolecules, 2017 - ACS Publications
It is likely that a half-century ago even enthusiastic and optimistic proponents of the synthetic
polymer industry (Mr. McGuire included) could not have predicted the massive scale on …

Carbon-increasing catalytic strategies for upgrading biomass into energy-intensive fuels and chemicals

H Li, A Riisager, S Saravanamurugan, A Pandey… - Acs …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Lignocellulosic biomass is the most abundant organic carbon source and has received a
great deal of interest as renewable and sustainable feedstock for the production of potential …

Catalytic approaches to monomers for polymers based on renewables

BM Stadler, C Wulf, T Werner, S Tin, JG de Vries - ACS Catalysis, 2019 - ACS Publications
Polymers are used in simple consumer items like carpets, furniture, glues, and clothing but
are also used in advanced engineering, including materials used in the aerospace industry …

Heterogeneous Diels–Alder catalysis for biomass-derived aromatic compounds

AE Settle, L Berstis, NA Rorrer, Y Roman-Leshkóv… - Green …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
In this tutorial review, we provide an overview of heterogeneous Diels–Alder catalysis for the
production of lignocellulosic biomass-derived aromatic compounds. Diels–Alder reactions …

Advances in Diels–Alder/aromatization of biomass furan derivatives towards renewable aromatic hydrocarbons

Z Li, Y Jiang, Y Li, H Zhang, H Li, S Yang - Catalysis Science & …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The effective upgrading of renewable resources into high value-added chemicals is of great
significance to achieve sustainable economic development as well as the practical …

Synthesis of renewable isoindolines from bio-based furfurals

F Xu, Z Li, LL Zhang, S Liu, H Li, Y Liao, S Yang - Green Chemistry, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Upgrading biomass-derived platforms to functionalized aromatics by a tandem Diels–Alder
(DA) cycloaddition–aromatization strategy has attracted broad attention. However, three …

Production of γ-valerolactone from furfural by a single-step process using Sn-Al-Beta zeolites: Optimizing the catalyst acid properties and process conditions

HP Winoto, BS Ahn, J Jae - Journal of industrial and engineering chemistry, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract A bifunctional Sn-Al-Beta zeolite which possesses isolated Lewis and Brønsted
acid sites was prepared by a post-synthesis procedure and applied to the one-pot …

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 …