Furfural and 5-(hydroxymethyl) furfural: Two pivotal intermediates for bio-based chemistry

G Shen, B Andrioletti, Y Queneau - Current opinion in green and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Highlights•Furfural and 5-(hydroxymethyl) furfural offer rare opportunities for designing novel
biobased products and will play a central role in tomorrow's chemistry.•The renewability …

Recent advances in the production of γ‐valerolactone from biomass‐derived feedstocks via heterogeneous catalytic transfer hydrogenation

A Osatiashtiani, AF Lee, K Wilson - Journal of Chemical …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract γ‐valerolactone (GVL) is an important intermediate chemical with a wide range of
applications as fuel, fuel additive and as a green solvent which has received a great deal of …

Catalytic advances in the production and application of biomass-derived 2, 5-dihydroxymethylfuran

L Hu, J Xu, S Zhou, A He, X Tang, L Lin, J Xu… - ACS …, 2018 - ACS Publications
In recent years, 2, 5-dihydroxymethylfuran (DHMF), which can be produced by the selective
hydrogenation of biomass-derived 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF), has attracted great …

Catalytic transfer hydrogenation of ethyl levulinate to γ-valerolactone over zirconium-based metal–organic frameworks

AH Valekar, KH Cho, SK Chitale, DY Hong, GY Cha… - Green …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
A series of highly crystalline, porous, zirconium-based metal–organic frameworks (Zr-MOFs)
with different ligand functionalities and porosities were applied for catalytic transfer …

Aqueous-phase hydrogenation of levulinic acid using formic acid as a sustainable reducing agent over Pt catalysts supported on mesoporous zirconia

M Al-Naji, M Popova, Z Chen, N Wilde… - ACS Sustainable …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Monometallic Pt catalysts supported on mesoporous (MP) ZrO2 were prepared and utilized
as catalysts in the aqueous-phase upgrading of lignocellulosic biomass-derived levulinic …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of the carbon surface chemistry on the metal speciation in Ru/C catalysts. Impact on the transformation of levulinic acid to γ-valerolactone

Z Ruiz-Bernal, MÁ Lillo-Ródenas… - Applied Surface …, 2025 - Elsevier
A set of Ru/C catalysts prepared using a commercial active carbon and a series of carbon
materials derived from it (treatment in N 2 flow, at 300, 600 or 900° C that selectively …

Boosting levulinic acid hydrogenation to value-added 1, 4-pentanediol using microwave-assisted gold catalysis

F Bucciol, S Tabasso, G Grillo, F Menegazzo… - Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Microwave (MW)-assisted levulinic acid (LA) hydrogenation has been performed over two
gold catalysts (commercial 1 wt% Au/TiO 2 by AUROlite™ and 2.5 wt% Au/ZrO 2, prepared …

Microwave‐Assisted Organic Synthesis: Overview of Recent Applications

N Sharma, UK Sharma… - Green techniques for …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Microwave‐assisted organic synthesis (MAOS) is based on the efficient heat transfer
achieved by dielectric heating, which, in turn, is mainly dependent on the ability of the …

From calorimetry to thermal risk assessment: γ-Valerolactone production from the hydrogenation of alkyl levulinates

Y Wang, I Plazl, L Vernières-Hassimi… - Process Safety and …, 2020 - Elsevier
The use of lignocellulosic biomass as a raw material can sustain the chemical industry.
There is a lack of knowledge in kinetics and thermodynamics of some of these processes …

Application of the concept of Linear Free Energy Relationships to the hydrogenation of levulinic acid and its corresponding esters

Y Wang, M Cipolletta, L Vernières-Hassimi… - Chemical Engineering …, 2019 - Elsevier
Biomass valorization to chemicals, biofuels or materials will be more and more important
during this century. Production of γ-valerolactone (GVL) from the hydrogenation of levulinic …