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Heterogeneously catalyzed hydrothermal processing of C-5-C-6 sugars

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posted on 2024-11-02, 06:14 authored by Xingguang Zhang, Karen Wilson, Adam Lee
Biomass has been long exploited as an anthropogenic energy source; however, the 21st century challenges of energy security and climate change are driving resurgence in its utilization both as a renewable alternative to fossil fuels and as a sustainable carbon feedstock for chemicals production. Deconstruction of cellulose and hemicellulose carbohydrate polymers into their constituent C-5 and C-6 sugars, and subsequent heterogeneously catalyzed transformations, offer the promise of unlocking diverse oxygenates such as furfural, 5-hydroxymethylfurfural, xylitol, sorbitol, mannitol, and gluconic acid as biorefinery platform chemicals. Here, we review recent advances in the design and development of catalysts and processes for C-5-C-6 sugar reforming into chemical intermediates and products, and highlight the challenges of aqueous phase operation and catalyst evaluation, in addition to process considerations such as solvent and reactor selection.

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Journal

Chemical Reviews

Volume

116

Issue

19

Start page

12328

End page

12368

Total pages

41

Publisher

American Chemical Society

Place published

United States

Language

English

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© 2016 American Chemical Society This is an open access article published under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the author and source are cited.

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2006083090

Esploro creation date

2020-06-22

Fedora creation date

2018-09-20

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