Recent advances in sustainable production and catalytic transformations of fatty acid methyl esters

Abstract

Living in the time of the most heighten environmental issues, humanity should take care about the future. Green Chemistry provides a broad range of possibilities for researchers to design of...

Co3Mo3N as an alternative for noble-metal catalysts in hydrodeoxygenation of methyl palmitate to diesel range hydrocarbons

“…However, the presence of heteroatom oxygen leads to the obstacle of using them as fuel because of undesirable characteristics such as a low energy content, high acidity, viscosity, and chemical instability. 5 There is a tremendous need for the removal of oxygen from fatty acids and triglycerides in bioenergy to obtain high calorific fuels and chemicals, 6 which is greatly dependent on the optimal catalytic process and the development of highly efficient catalysts.…”

Metal–organic framework‐based heterojunction photocatalysts for organic pollutant degradation: design, construction, and performances

“…3). [26][27][28] The combination of organic and inorganic elements in the MOF molecules makes it possible to obtain materials with unique properties. The choice of initial structural elements significantly affects the pore size and specific surface area, and this creates the possibility of preparing materials with the required physicochemical properties.…”

A review of fatty epoxide ring opening reactions: Chemistry, recent advances, and applications

“…The primary applications of EVOs (Figure 7) are as plasticizers and stabilizers for poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) resins (Belousov et al, 2021; Benaniba et al, 2003; Hassan et al, 2019). Due to their low cost, biodegradability, renewability, and low toxicity, EVOs are ideal substitutes for nonrenewable phthalate plasticizers, such as dioctyl phthalate (DOP).…”

“…In fact, DOP and other phthalates are now banned in many countries for their negative effects on human health and the environment (Fenollar et al, 2009; Santacesaria et al, 2012). Other direct applications of EVOs include reactive diluents for paints, viscosity modifiers, lubricant additives, as well as acid scavengers and corrosion inhibitors for plastics (Belousov et al, 2021; Milchert et al, 2015; Nameer et al, 2019). Moreover, EVOs can be cationically polymerized (Liu & Biswas, 2013; Radojcic et al, 2022) or cured by amines (Liu et al, 2004) or anhydrides (Omonov & Curtis, 2014; Samper et al, 2012) to produce thermosetting resins.…”