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Speciality chemicals
About: Speciality chemicals is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 240 publications have been published within this topic receiving 7365 citations. The topic is also known as: Speciality chemicals.
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TL;DR: Whereas existing production routes use well-known, safe, industrial microorganisms, future production schemes may include designer cells that are tailor-made for the desired chemical and production process.
Abstract: Metabolic engineering has the potential to produce from simple, readily available, inexpensive starting materials a large number of chemicals that are currently derived from nonrenewable resources or limited natural resources. Microbial production of natural products has been achieved by transferring product-specific enzymes or entire metabolic pathways from rare or genetically intractable organisms to those that can be readily engineered, and production of unnatural specialty chemicals, bulk chemicals, and fuels has been enabled by combining enzymes or pathways from different hosts into a single microorganism and by engineering enzymes to have new function. Whereas existing production routes use well-known, safe, industrial microorganisms, future production schemes may include designer cells that are tailor-made for the desired chemical and production process. In any future, metabolic engineering will soon rival and potentially eclipse synthetic organic chemistry.
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TL;DR: Solid acids and especially those based on micelle-templated silicas and other mesoporous high surface area support materials are beginning to play a significant role in the greening of fine and specialty chemicals manufacturing processes.
Abstract: Solid acids and especially those based on micelle-templated silicas and other mesoporous high surface area support materials are beginning to play a significant role in the greening of fine and speciality chemicals manufacturing processes. A wide range of important organic reactions can be efficiently catalyzed by these materials, which can be designed to provide different types of acidity as well as high degrees of reaction selectivity. The solid acids generally have high turnover numbers and can be easily separated from the organic components. The combination of this chemistry with innovative reaction engineering offers exciting opportunities for innovative green chemical manufacturing in the future.
606 citations
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25 Jun 2009
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe classes of production chemicals for use topside and downhole in the upstream oil and gas industry, and include coverage of coverage of modern production methods and environmental constraints demand chemical solutions.
Abstract: Modern production methods and environmental constraints demand chemical solutions. And as oilfields age, the need for chemicals to ensure steady production increases. Production Chemicals for the Oil and Gas Industry describes classes of production chemicals for use topside and downhole in the upstream oil and gas industry. It includes coverage of
497 citations
TL;DR: The concept of lignocellulose biorefinery, technical challenges for industrialization of renewable fuels and bulk chemicals and future directions are included.
375 citations
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01 Feb 1996
TL;DR: The chemical industry chemicals from natural gas and petroleum chemicals and polymers from ethylene chemicals from polyethylene chemicals from propylene chemicals, from the C4 stream chemicals and from toluene chemicals as mentioned in this paper, from xylenes chemicals from methane chemicals from alkanes chemicals from coal fats and oils carbohydrates how polymers are made industrial catalysis.
Abstract: The chemical industry chemicals from natural gas and petroleum chemicals and polymers from ethylene chemicals and polymers from propylene chemicals and polymers from the C4 stream chemicals and polymers from toluene chemicals and polymers from xylenes chemicals from methane chemicals from alkanes chemicals from coal fats and oils carbohydrates how polymers are made industrial catalysis.
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