scispace - formally typeset
Journal ArticleDOI

Hydrogenolysis Goes Bio: From Carbohydrates and Sugar Alcohols to Platform Chemicals

TLDR
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

Citations
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI

Towards the Efficient Development of Homogeneous Catalytic Transformation to γ‐Valerolactone from Biomass‐Derived Platform Chemicals

TL;DR: In this article, the utilization of various triphos-analogue ligands that in the presence of Ru(acac)3 (acac=acetylacetonate) lead to highly efficient γ-valerolactone production (yield up to 95
Journal ArticleDOI

Hydrogenolysis vs. aqueous phase reforming (APR) of glycerol promoted by a heterogeneous Pd/Fe catalyst

TL;DR: In this paper, the temperature dependence of the C-C and C-O bond rupture is discussed by taking into account the bond energies involved in the competitive hydrogenolysis and APR reactions.
Journal ArticleDOI

Aqueous-phase hydrogenolysis of glucose to value-added chemicals and biofuels: A comparative study of active metals

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors focused on glucose hydrogenolysis over a wide variety of transition metal catalysts (Cu/C, Ni/C and Pt/C), and found that Ru/C possesses the highest activity to C-C and C-O bond cleavage.
Journal ArticleDOI

Catalytic upgrading of sugar fractions from pyrolysis oils in supercritical mono-alcohols over Cu doped porous metal oxide

TL;DR: In this paper, the catalytic valorization of sugar fractions, obtained by aqueous phase extraction of fast pyrolysis oils, in supercritical methanol (scMeOH) and ethanol (scEtOH) over a copper doped porous metal oxide (Cu-PMO), was reported.
Journal ArticleDOI

Hydrotalcite supported bimetallic (Ni-Cu) catalyst: A smart choice for one-pot conversion of biomass-derived platform chemicals to hydrogenated biofuels

TL;DR: In this article, a bimetallic (Ni-Cu) supported on hydrotalcite (HT) catalyst was developed for catalytic hydrogenation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) and 2,5-bis(Hydroxymethyl)furan (BHMF), to 2-5-dimethylfuran (DMF), and the effect of other process parameters like reaction time, solvent and catalyst loading on DMF yield was also investigated.
References
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI

Heterogeneous photocatalyst materials for water splitting

TL;DR: This critical review shows the basis of photocatalytic water splitting and experimental points, and surveys heterogeneous photocatalyst materials for water splitting into H2 and O2, and H2 or O2 evolution from an aqueous solution containing a sacrificial reagent.
Journal ArticleDOI

Synthesis of transportation fuels from biomass: chemistry, catalysts, and engineering.

TL;DR: Hydrogen Production by Water−Gas Shift Reaction 4056 4.1.
Journal ArticleDOI

Chemical Routes for the Transformation of Biomass into Chemicals

TL;DR: Dehydroisomerization of Limonene and Terpenes To Produce Cymene 2481 4.2.1.
Journal ArticleDOI

A review and recent developments in photocatalytic water-splitting using TiO2 for hydrogen production

TL;DR: In this article, the up-to-date development of the above-mentioned technologies applied to TiO 2 photocatalytic hydrogen production is reviewed, based on the studies reported in the literature, metal ion-implantation and dye sensitization are very effective methods to extend the activating spectrum to the visible range.
Journal ArticleDOI

The Catalytic Valorization of Lignin for the Production of Renewable Chemicals

TL;DR: Biomass is an important feedstock for the renewable production of fuels, chemicals, and energy, and it recently surpassed hydroelectric energy as the largest domestic source of renewable energy.
Related Papers (5)