Industrial Perspectives of Biomass Processing

Tabanelli, Tommaso; Cavani, Fabrizio

doi:10.1002/9783527825028.ch13

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“…Their use for the production of surfactants belong to the basic culture techniques of humanity. More recently their application as part of biofuel is reported [ 143 ]. Fatty acid methyl esters (FAME) can be obtained by photocatalytic esterification to produce biodiesel [ 144 , 145 , 146 ].…”

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Photocatalytic Transformation of Biomass and Biomass Derived Compounds—Application to Organic Synthesis

Fernandez

Hoffmann

2023

Molecules

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Biomass and biomass-derived compounds have become an important alternative feedstock for chemical industry. They may replace fossil feedstocks such as mineral oil and related platform chemicals. These compounds may also be transformed conveniently into new innovative products for the medicinal or the agrochemical domain. The production of cosmetics or surfactants as well as materials for different applications are examples for other domains where new platform chemicals obtained from biomass can be used. Photochemical and especially photocatalytic reactions have recently been recognized as being important tools of organic chemistry as they make compounds or compound families available that cannot be or are difficultly synthesized with conventional methods of organic synthesis. The present review gives a short overview with selected examples on photocatalytic reactions of biopolymers, carbohydrates, fatty acids and some biomass-derived platform chemicals such as furans or levoglucosenone. In this article, the focus is on application to organic synthesis.

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Section: Fatty Acidsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Photocatalytic Transformation of Biomass and Biomass Derived Compounds—Application to Organic Synthesis

Fernandez

Hoffmann

2023

Molecules

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“…, PHA), by-passing some of the critical barriers to commercial development, such as the market acceptance, the rate at which new bio-products may be introduced into the market, the process scalability, and the possibility to use the existing assets and plants for the production. 11 On the other hand, the main requirements that drop-in products should have for entering the market are a competitive price, comparable technical performances and a better environmental profile ( i.e. , lower environmental footprint) than the fossil-based alternatives.…”

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“…10 In particular, the drop-in synthesis of bio-based products in the short to mid-term can have a much larger impact at the industrial level than the synthesis of completely new biomolecules or biopolymers (i.e., PHA), by-passing some of the critical barriers to commercial development, such as the market acceptance, the rate at which new bio-products may be introduced into the market, the process scalability, and the possibility to use the existing assets and plants for the production. 11 On the other hand, the main requirements that drop-in products should have for entering the market are a competitive price, comparable technical performances and a better environmental prole (i.e., lower environmental footprint) than the fossil-based alternatives. 12 Here, our interest is oriented to crotonic acid (CA), a drop-in compound that can be obtained both from a fossil-based production route and from the depolymerization of PHA.…”

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confidence: 99%