Synthesis of medium-chain carboxylic acids or α,ω-dicarboxylic acids from cellulose-derived platform chemicals

Engineering fungal de novo fatty acid synthesis for short chain fatty acid production

(2017) Jan Gajewski et al.   Nature Communications

A Comprehensive Study on Metal Triflate-Promoted Hydrogenolysis of Lactones to Carboxylic Acids: From Synthetic and Mechanistic Perspectives

(2017) Rui Zhu et al.   ACS Catalysis

Production of liquid fuel intermediates from furfural via aldol condensation over Lewis acid zeolite catalysts

(2017) Mingxue Su et al.   Catalysis Science & Technology

Stable, low-cost phase change material for building applications: The eutectic mixture of decanoic acid and tetradecanoic acid

(2016) Samer Kahwaji et al.   APPLIED ENERGY

The Conversion of Starch and Sugars into Branched C10 and C11 Hydrocarbons

(2016) Andrew D. Sutton et al.   ChemSusChem

Selective One-Pot Production of High-Grade Diesel-Range Alkanes from Furfural and 2-Methylfuran over Pd/NbOPO4

(2016) Qineng Xia et al.   ChemSusChem

Conversion of raw lignocellulosic biomass into branched long-chain alkanes through three tandem steps

(2016) Chunrui Li et al.   ChemSusChem

Levulinic Acid Biorefineries: New Challenges for Efficient Utilization of Biomass

(2016) Filoklis D. Pileidis et al.   ChemSusChem

Mono- and tri-ester hydrogenolysis using tandem catalysis. Scope and mechanism

(2016) Tracy L. Lohr et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Furfural: a renewable and versatile platform molecule for the synthesis of chemicals and fuels

(2016) R. Mariscal et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Chemo-enzymatic synthesis of 11-hydroxyundecanoic acid and 1,11-undecanedioic acid from ricinoleic acid

(2016) Hyun-Young Jang et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Fed-batch production of poly-3-hydroxydecanoate from decanoic acid

(2016) Jie Gao et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY

Organocatalytic Cross-Coupling of Biofuranics to Multifunctional Difuranic C11 Building Blocks

(2016) Jedediah Wilson et al.   ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

Alkanes from Bioderived Furans by using Metal Triflates and Palladium-Catalyzed Hydrodeoxygenation of Cyclic Ethers

(2015) Hai-Jie Song et al.   ChemSusChem

Energy-efficient production of 1-octanol from biomass-derived furfural-acetone in water

(2015) Qineng Xia et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Catalytic routes towards acrylic acid, adipic acid and ε-caprolactam starting from biorenewables

(2015) Rolf Beerthuis et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Chemical conversion pathways for carbohydrates

(2015) Chandrani Chatterjee et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Thermodynamically Leveraged Tandem Catalysis for Ester RC(O)O–R′ Bond Hydrogenolysis. Scope and Mechanism

(2015) Tracy L. Lohr et al.   ACS Catalysis

Pd/NbOPO4Multifunctional Catalyst for the Direct Production of Liquid Alkanes from Aldol Adducts of Furans

(2014) Qi-Neng Xia et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Hydrodeoxygenation of the Angelica Lactone Dimer, a Cellulose-Based Feedstock: Simple, High-Yield Synthesis of Branched C7-C10Gasoline-like Hydrocarbons

(2014) Mark Mascal et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Highly Efficient Chemical Process To Convert Mucic Acid into Adipic Acid and DFT Studies of the Mechanism of the Rhenium-Catalyzed Deoxydehydration

(2014) Xiukai Li et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

From Furfural to Fuel: Synthesis of Furoins by Organocatalysis and their Hydrodeoxygenation by Cascade Catalysis

(2014) Benjamin L. Wegenhart et al.   ChemSusChem

Cellulose and hemicellulose valorisation: an integrated challenge of catalysis and reaction engineering

(2014) I. Delidovich et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Transiting from Adipic Acid to Bioadipic Acid. 1, Petroleum-Based Processes

(2014) Jan C. J. Bart et al.   INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH

Multistep Enzymatic Synthesis of Long-Chain α,ω-Dicarboxylic and ω-Hydroxycarboxylic Acids from Renewable Fatty Acids and Plant Oils

(2013) Ji-Won Song et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Carbon Dioxide as a C1Building Block for the Formation of Carboxylic Acids by Formal Catalytic Hydrocarboxylation

(2013) Thomas G. Ostapowicz et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Synthesis of renewable diesel with hydroxyacetone and 2-methyl-furan

(2013) Guangyi Li et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Diesel and Alkane Fuels From Biomass by Organocatalysis and Metal-Acid Tandem Catalysis

(2013) Dajiang Liu et al.   ChemSusChem

Zinc(II)-triflate as catalyst precursor for ring-closing depolymerization of end-of-life polytetrahydrofuran to produce tetrahydrofuran

(2013) Stephan Enthaler   JOURNAL OF APPLIED POLYMER SCIENCE

Rapid Ether and Alcohol C–O Bond Hydrogenolysis Catalyzed by Tandem High-Valent Metal Triflate + Supported Pd Catalysts

(2013) Zhi Li et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

The hydrodeoxygenation of bioderived furans into alkanes

(2013) Andrew D. Sutton et al.   Nature Chemistry

A Bio-Catalytic Approach to Aliphatic Ketones

(2013) Mingyong Xiong et al.   Scientific Reports

Linked strategy for the production of fuels via formose reaction

(2013) Jin Deng et al.   Scientific Reports

Synthesis of 1-Octanol and 1,1-Dioctyl Ether from Biomass-Derived Platform Chemicals

(2012) Jennifer Julis et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Production of high quality diesel from cellulose and hemicellulose by the Sylvan process: catalysts and process variables

(2012) Avelino Corma et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Production of High-Quality Diesel from Biomass Waste Products

(2011) Avelino Corma et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Oils and Fats as Renewable Raw Materials in Chemistry

(2011) Ursula Biermann et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Catalytic conversion of lignocellulosic biomass to fine chemicals and fuels

(2011) Chun-Hui Zhou et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Hydrolysis of biomass by magnetic solid acid

(2011) Da-ming Lai et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Electrochemistry for biofuel generation: Electrochemical conversion of levulinic acid to octane

(2011) Peter Nilges et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Selective Hydrogenolysis of Polyols and Cyclic Ethers over Bifunctional Surface Sites on Rhodium–Rhenium Catalysts

(2011) Mei Chia et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Synthesis of azelaic acid from vegetable oil-based feedstocks

(2010) Angela Köckritz et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF LIPID SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Production of linear alkane via hydrogenative ring opening of a furfural-derived compound in supercritical carbon dioxide

(2010) Maya Chatterjee et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Efficient conversion of triacylglycerols and fatty acids to biodiesel in a microwave reactor using metal triflate catalysts

(2010) Aaron M. Socha et al.   ORGANIC & BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY

Integrated Catalytic Conversion of  -Valerolactone to Liquid Alkenes for Transportation Fuels

(2010) J. Q. Bond et al.   SCIENCE

Enzymatic Synthesis of Biodiesel from Transesterification Reactions of Vegetable Oils and Short Chain Alcohols

(2008) Rafael Costa Rodrigues et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN OIL CHEMISTS SOCIETY