Domenico Licursi

TL;DR: A review of the literature on the several catalytic systems that have been developed to produce LA from the different substrates can be found in this article, where the authors discuss the strategies to exploit the solid residues always obtained in the LA production processes.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the use of homogeneous acid catalysts for the conversion of waste biomass to levulinic acid in the presence of various cheap raw materials (poplar sawdust, paper mill sludge, tobacco chops, wheat straw, olive tree pruning) as substrates.

TL;DR: In this article, the synthesis of 5.5-hydroxymethyl-2-furaldehyde (HMF) from fructose and inulin was investigated following the Green Chemistry principles, adopting aqueous medium, appreciable substrate concentration (10wt), low loading of heterogeneous acid catalyst (niobium or zirconium phosphate) and microwave heating.

TL;DR: In this paper, the hydrogenation of 2.5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) to two furan diols, BHMF and BHMTHF, was investigated.

TL;DR: The promising results demonstrate that giant reed represents a very interesting candidate for a very high contemporary production of FA and LA of up to about 70% and 90% of the theoretical yields, respectively.