Heterogeneous catalysis for bio-based polyester monomers from cellulosic biomass: advances, challenges and prospects

R De Clercq, M Dusselier, BF Sels - Green Chemistry, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
It is a 21st century challenge to develop a more sustainable chemical industry where fossil-
based resources are, where possible, preferentially replaced by renewable alternatives. Bio …

Synthesis of isosorbide: an overview of challenging reactions

C Dussenne, T Delaunay, V Wiatz, H Wyart, I Suisse… - Green …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Isosorbide is a diol derived from sorbitol and obtained through dehydration reactions that
has raised much interest in the literature over the past few decades. Thus, this platform …

Advances in upgrading biomass to biofuels and oxygenated fuel additives using metal oxide catalysts

J Ethiraj, D Wagh, H Manyar - Energy & Fuels, 2022 - ACS Publications
Increasing demand for transportation fuels, awareness of climate change, and dwindling
supplies of crude oil has led to the rapid increase in production of biomass derived …

Advances in the catalytic production and utilization of sorbitol

J Zhang, J Li, SB Wu, Y Liu - Industrial & Engineering Chemistry …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Recently, research on the production and transformation of sorbitol has become exciting in
chemical industry and in catalysis studies for its broad applications. It opens up a new path …

Dehydration of sorbitol to isosorbide over H-beta zeolites with high Si/Al ratios

H Kobayashi, H Yokoyama, B Feng, A Fukuoka - Green chemistry, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Conversion of sorbitol to isosorbide by heterogeneous catalysts is a challenge in biorefinery.
Herein, H-beta zeolites with specific Si/Al ratios uniquely give isosorbide in up to 76% yield …

Sulfonic acid-functionalized MIL-101 (Cr): an efficient catalyst for esterification of oleic acid and vapor-phase dehydration of butanol

Z Hasan, JW Jun, SH Jhung - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2015 - Elsevier
A highly porous and acidic metal-organic framework (MOF), MIL-101 (Cr)-SO 3 H, was
hydrothermally synthesized in one step using sulfonic acid-functionalized ligands. The …

Dense Ru single-atoms integrated with sulfoacids for cellulose valorization to isosorbide

Y Yang, Z Ding, D Ren, C Shang, C Li, F Yang… - Materials Today …, 2023 - Elsevier
Metal-acid bifunctional catalysts are the unity of two opposites (metal-acid repelling) for
cellulosic biomass valorization to isosorbide. It is challenging to improve the selectivity of …

Continuous-flow production of isosorbide from aqueous-cellulosic derivable feed over sustainable heterogeneous catalysts

F Brandi, I Khalil, M Antonietti… - … Sustainable Chemistry & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Continuous-flow sorbitol dehydration in liquid water was performed on β zeolite (Si/Al molar
ratio= 75) with conversion of 94 and 83 mol% isosorbide yield. This efficiency is due to the …

Synthesis of isosorbide from sorbitol in water over high-silica aluminosilicate zeolites

R Otomo, T Yokoi, T Tatsumi - Applied Catalysis A: General, 2015 - Elsevier
Dehydration of sorbitol to isosorbide in water was studied using various types of
aluminosilicate zeolites as heterogeneous catalyst. Among the zeolite catalysts tested, the …