The reductive amination, the reaction of an aldehyde or a ketone with ammonia or an amine
in the presence of a reducing agent and often a catalyst, is an important amine synthesis …

Transition metals, which are of diversity in their bonding orbitals, have a variety of significant
oxidation states and more complex chemical properties compared to the main group metals …

Levulinic acid (LA) is one of the most promising biomass-derived platform chemicals owing
to its wider convertibility to a large number of commodity chemicals. Numerous LA …

Nitrogen-containing compounds are pivotal building blocks with extensive application in the
manufacture of pharmaceuticals, polymer materials, agrochemicals and organic synthesis …

Biomass is the most abundant and low-cost renewable source for the production of value-
added nitrogen-containing compounds. However, a large amount of water exists in natural …

Highly efficient transformation of renewable biomass and its derivatives into high-value-
added chemicals and biofuels over non-noble-metal catalysts is attractive but challenging …

Levulinic acid is a multipurpose platform chemical that is currently used in a wide variety of
applications. The potential of levulinic acid is formidable, as can be seen by the diversity and …

As one of the most promising biomass‐based platform molecules, γ‐valerolactone (GVL)
can be synthesized from a variety of lignocellulosic feedstocks through different hydrogen …

Levulinic acid (LA), a class of important chemical intermediates and new energy chemicals,
has been considered one of the top‐12 platform compounds that can be converted from …

5-Hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) and levulinic acid (LA) are two important platform
compounds that can be produced by the dehydration of hexoses from hydrolysis of …