Review: Sustainable production of hydroxymethylfurfural and levulinic acid: Challenges and opportunities

Mukherjee, Agneev; Dumont, Marie‐Josée; Raghavan, V.

doi:10.1016/j.biombioe.2014.11.007

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“…Although the extraction could be a convenient separation method and it is widely used for production of 5-HMF applying biphasic conditions [10], only a few studies focused on its application for the isolation of LA [18]. However, to separate LA and the aqueous catalyst phase, the liquid-liquid extraction can obviously be proposed as a robust or even industrially applicable method.…”

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Recycling of Sulfuric Acid in the Valorization of Biomass Residues

Havasi

Pátzay

Stelén

et al. 2017

Period. Polytech. Chem. Eng.

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Recycling of Sulfuric Acid in the Valorization of Biomass Residues

Havasi

Pátzay

Stelén

et al. 2017

Period. Polytech. Chem. Eng.

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“…However, Flannelly et al have recently reported that formic acid is produced even in excess to LA respect to the stoichiometric amount during the acid hydrolysis of hexose carbohydrates, thus highlighting the potentiality of this coproduct coming from LA synthesis [31]. In fact, formic acid is a valuable product in its own right and can be used as a commodity in the chemical and textile industry, as a catalyst, a hydrogen carrier and a road salting component [4,32].…”

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“…One of the greatest challenges that industry faces in the 21st century is the transition from a fossil fuel based economy to one based on renewable resources, driving the search of new alternative renewable feedstocks for the production of chemical building blocks [1][2][3][4][5][6]. In particular, the exploitation of lignocellulosic biomass is receiving an increasing attention due to its renewability, abundance, low value and carbon-neutral balance.…”

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New Frontiers in the Catalytic Synthesis of Levulinic Acid: From Sugars to Raw and Waste Biomass as Starting Feedstock

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Levulinic acid (LA) is one of the top bio-based platform molecules that can be converted into many valuable chemicals. It can be produced by acid catalysis from renewable resources, such as sugars, lignocellulosic biomass and waste materials, attractive candidates due to their abundance and environmentally benign nature. The LA transition from niche product to mass-produced chemical, however, requires its production from sustainable biomass feedstocks at low costs, adopting environment-friendly techniques. This review is an up-to-date discussion of the literature on the several catalytic systems that have been developed to produce LA from the different substrates. Special attention has been paid to the recent advancements on starting materials, moving from simple sugars to raw and waste biomasses. This aspect is of paramount importance from a sustainability point of view, transforming wastes needing to be disposed into starting materials for value-added products. This review also discusses the strategies to exploit the solid residues always obtained in the LA production processes, in order to attain a circular economy approach.

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“…The liberated glucose can be used to target high value chemical products, e.g. 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) and LA (Mukherjee et al, 2015). These building block chemicals are referred as 'sleeping giants' owing to their vast potentials in the emerging bio-based economy due to their key positions in the production of biomass-derived intermediates and transition from fossil based to bio-based economy.…”

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