Furfural–a versatile, biomass-derived platform chemical for the production of renewable chemicals

A Jaswal, PP Singh, T Mondal - Green Chemistry, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
For years, fossil fuels have been the predominant feedstock for the production of chemicals,
resulting in their overexploitation and widespread environmental degradation, prompting a …

Selective hydrogenation over supported metal catalysts: from nanoparticles to single atoms

L Zhang, M Zhou, A Wang, T Zhang - Chemical reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
Selective catalytic hydrogenation has wide applications in both petrochemical and fine
chemical industries, however, it remains challenging when two or multiple functional groups …

Ceria-based materials for thermocatalytic and photocatalytic organic synthesis

X Huang, K Zhang, B Peng, G Wang, M Muhler… - Acs …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Value-added chemicals, fuels, and pharmaceuticals synthesized by organic transformation
from raw materials via catalytic techniques have attracted enormous attention in the past few …

How catalysts and experimental conditions determine the selective hydroconversion of furfural and 5-hydroxymethylfurfural

S Chen, R Wojcieszak, F Dumeignil, E Marceau… - Chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Furfural and 5-hydroxymethylfurfural stand out as bridges connecting biomass raw materials
to the biorefinery industry. Their reductive transformations by hydroconversion are key …

Furfural: A Promising Platform Compound for Sustainable Production of C4 and C5 Chemicals

X Li, P Jia, T Wang - ACS catalysis, 2016 - ACS Publications
Furfural is a promising renewable platform compound derived from lignocellulosic biomass
that can be further converted to biofuels and biochemicals. The highly functionalized …

Advanced hydrodesulfurization catalysts: a review of design and synthesis

A Tanimu, K Alhooshani - Energy & Fuels, 2019 - ACS Publications
Proliferating energy consumption, particularly of fossil fuels, has led to an increasing
generation of pollutants; many of these harmful products have been of serious …

Surface Synergetic Effects of Ni–ReOx for Promoting the Mild Hydrogenation of Furfural to Tetrahydrofurfuryl Alcohol

W Lin, Y Chen, Y Zhang, Y Zhang, J Wang… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Ni–ReO x bimetallic catalysts (Ni–ReO x/TiO2) were prepared through a successive
impregnation method, which is extremely active in furfural (FAL) hydrogenation to …

One-pot chemo-and photo-enzymatic linear cascade processes

JM Carceller, KS Arias, MJ Climent, S Iborra… - Chemical Society …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The combination of chemo-and photocatalyses with biocatalysis, which couples the flexible
reactivity of the photo-and chemocatalysts with the highly selective and environmentally …

Selective hydrogenation of furfural to furfuryl alcohol in water under mild conditions over a hydrotalcite-derived Pt-based catalyst

G Gao, J Remón, Z Jiang, L Yao, C Hu - Applied Catalysis B …, 2022 - Elsevier
The production of furfuryl alcohol (FFA) from biomass-derived furfural (FF) via selective
hydrogenation is challenging due to the diverse unsaturated groups. Herein, a novel …

Recent advances in catalytic transformation of biomass-derived 5-hydroxymethylfurfural into the innovative fuels and chemicals

L Hu, L Lin, Z Wu, S Zhou, S Liu - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2017 - Elsevier
In contrast to the nonrenewable fossil resources, biomass, the only renewable resource of
organic carbon in the nature, is considered as a special kind of inexhaustible feedstocks …