Earth-abundant 3d-transition-metal catalysts for lignocellulosic biomass conversion

Y Feng, S Long, X Tang, Y Sun, R Luque… - Chemical Society …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Transformation of biomass to chemicals and fuels is a long-term goal in both science and
industry. However, high cost is one of the major obstacles to the industrialization of this …

Biomass-derived chemical substitutes for bisphenol A: recent advancements in catalytic synthesis

F Liguori, C Moreno-Marrodan, P Barbaro - Chemical Society Reviews, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Bisphenol A is an oil-derived, large market volume chemical with a wide spectrum of
applications in plastics, adhesives and thermal papers. However, bisphenol A is not …

Raney Ni as a versatile catalyst for biomass conversion

Z Sun, ZH Zhang, TQ Yuan, X Ren, Z Rong - ACS Catalysis, 2021 - ACS Publications
Raney Ni is a class of fine-grained heterogeneous catalysts composed mostly of nickel that
is widely applied in organic synthesis and a large number of industry processes. In the past …

Furan platform chemicals beyond fuels and plastics

R Bielski, G Grynkiewicz - Green Chemistry, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Herein, we offer some perspective on the metamorphosis that has already begun to take
place in substantial parts of the chemical industry, ie, a switch from traditional resources …

Advances in enzymatic conversion of biomass derived furfural and 5-hydroxymethylfurfural to value-added chemicals and solvents

VK Vaidyanathan, K Saikia, PS Kumar… - Bioresource …, 2023 - Elsevier
The progress of versatile chemicals and bio-based fuels using renewable biomass has
gained ample importance. Furfural and 5-hydroxymethylfurfural are biomass-derived …

Diverse Applications of Biomass‐Derived 5‐Hydroxymethylfurfural and Derivatives as Renewable Starting Materials

F Chacón‐Huete, C Messina, B Cigana… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
This Review summarizes recent efforts to capitalize on 5‐hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) and
related furans as emerging building blocks for the synthesis of fine chemicals and materials …

The interplay between kinetics and thermodynamics in furan diels–alder chemistry for sustainable chemicals production

RC Cioc, M Crockatt, JC van der Waal… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Biomass‐derived furanic platform molecules have emerged as promising building blocks for
renewable chemicals and functional materials. To this aim, the Diels–Alder (DA) …

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 …

5-Hydroxymethylfurfural from fructose: an efficient continuous process in a water-dimethyl carbonate biphasic system with high yield product recovery

M Sayed, N Warlin, C Hulteberg, I Munslow… - Green …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Bio-based 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (5-HMF) and its derivatives have attracted enormous
attention due to their valuable market potential. Production of pure 5-HMF is challenging …

Mechanistic understanding of humin formation in the conversion of glucose and fructose to 5-hydroxymethylfurfural in [BMIM] Cl ionic liquid

Z Xu, Y Yang, P Yan, Z **a, X Liu, ZC Zhang - RSC advances, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Humin formation is one of the key issues that hinders economical 5-HMF production from
hexose sugars such as glucose and fructose. In this work, the mechanism of humin …