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Hydrogenolysis Goes Bio: From Carbohydrates and Sugar Alcohols to Platform Chemicals
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Past and present developments in hydrogenolysis reactions are highlighted, with special emphasis on the direct utilization of cellulosic feedstocks, to bridge currently available technologies and future biomass-based refinery concepts.Abstract:
In view of the diminishing oil resources and the ongoing climate change, the use of efficient and environmentally benign technologies for the utilization of renewable resources has become indispensible. Therein, hydrogenolysis reactions offer a promising possibility for future biorefinery concepts. These reactions result in the cleavage of C-C and C-O bonds by hydrogen and allow direct access to valuable platform chemicals already integrated in today's value chains. Thus, hydrogenolysis bears the potential to bridge currently available technologies and future biomass-based refinery concepts. This Review highlights past and present developments in this field, with special emphasis on the direct utilization of cellulosic feedstocks.read more
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Unconventional Pretreatment of Lignocellulose with Low-Temperature Plasma.
TL;DR: Recent knowledge, advancements, and shortcomings in the field of plasma treatment of cellulose and lignocellulose with regard to the (structural and chemical) effects and impact on the future of pretreatment methods are highlighted.
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Combination of ball-milling and non-thermal atmospheric plasma as physical treatments for the saccharification of microcrystalline cellulose
Maud Benoit,Anthony Rodrigues,Karine De Oliveira Vigier,Elodie Fourré,Joël Barrault,Jean-Michel Tatibouët,François Jérôme +6 more
TL;DR: It is reported that non-thermal atmospheric plasma (NTAP) can be used as a physical treatment for the extensive depolymerization of amorphous cellulose to low molecular weight cello-oligomers (DP = 36).
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Highly Efficient Process for the Conversion of Glycerol to Acrylic Acid via Gas Phase Catalytic Oxidation of an Allyl Alcohol Intermediate
Xiukai Li,Yugen Zhang +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, a two-step protocol for the conversion of glycerol to acrylic acid is presented, where the first stage uses formic acid to allyl alcohol and the second stage uses Mo-V-W-O multiple-metal oxide catalysts.
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Mesoporous Silica Supported Au and AuCu Nanoparticles for Surface Plasmon Driven Glycerol Oxidation
TL;DR: In this paper, the visible-light-assisted rate enhancement for glycerol oxidation using direct plasmonic photocatalysis was reported for the first time, which is attributed to the particle size of the Au nanoparticles and better light interaction resulting from small SiO2 domains.
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Selective hydrogenolysis of biomass-derived xylitol to ethylene glycol and propylene glycol on Ni/C and basic oxide-promoted Ni/C catalysts
Jiying Sun,Haichao Liu +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the Ni/C catalysts were more selective to the two target glycols under identical conditions, apparently as a result of their lower hydrogenation activity and consequently favored the C C cleavage of xylose intermediate by the base catalyst over its competitive hydrogenation on the Ni particles.
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