Lactic acid as a platform chemical in the biobased economy: the role of chemocatalysis

Conversion of (Ligno)Cellulose Feeds to Isosorbide with Heteropoly Acids and Ru on Carbon

(2013) Beau Op de Beeck et al.   ChemSusChem

Simple and Scalable Preparation of Highly Active Lewis Acidic Sn-β

(2012) Ceri Hammond et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Highly selective catalytic propylene glycol synthesis from alkyl lactate over copper on silica: Performance and mechanism

(2012) Mikhail N. Simonov et al.   APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL

Mechanistic Insight into the Conversion of Tetrose Sugars to Novel α-Hydroxy Acid Platform Molecules

(2012) Michiel Dusselier et al.   ChemCatChem

Solvent-Free Catalytic Depolymerization of Cellulose to Water-Soluble Oligosaccharides

(2012) Niklas Meine et al.   ChemSusChem

Tuning the Acid/Metal Balance of Carbon Nanofiber-Supported Nickel Catalysts for Hydrolytic Hydrogenation of Cellulose

(2012) Stijn Van de Vyver et al.   ChemSusChem

Production of levulinic acid from cellulose by hydrothermal decomposition combined with aqueous phase dehydration with a solid acid catalyst

(2012) Ronen Weingarten et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Mechanocatalytic depolymerization of cellulose combined with hydrogenolysis as a highly efficient pathway to sugar alcohols

(2012) Jakob Hilgert et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Simultaneous glycerol dehydration and in situ hydrogenolysis over Cu–Al oxide under an inert atmosphere

(2012) Rasika B. Mane et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Combination of ball-milling and non-thermal atmospheric plasma as physical treatments for the saccharification of microcrystalline cellulose

(2012) Maud Benoit et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Sn-Beta catalysed conversion of hemicellulosic sugars

(2012) Martin S. Holm et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Synthesis of Lactide from Alkyl Lactate via a Prepolymer Route

(2012) Pravin P. Upare et al.   INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH

Fast and Selective Sugar Conversion to Alkyl Lactate and Lactic Acid with Bifunctional Carbon–Silica Catalysts

(2012) Filip de Clippel et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Valorization of Biomass: Deriving More Value from Waste

(2012) C. O. Tuck et al.   SCIENCE

Heterogeneous Transformation of Glycerol to Lactic Acid

(2012) Florian Auneau et al.   TOPICS IN CATALYSIS

Lactic acid properties, applications and production: A review

(2012) Fabio Andres Castillo Martinez et al.   TRENDS IN FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Cellulose conversion in the presence of catalysts based on Sn(iv)

(2012) Jailma Barros dos Santos et al.   Catalysis Science & Technology

CO2reverse selective mixed matrix membranes for H2purification by incorporation of carbon–silica fillers

(2012) Filip de Clippel et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Depolymerization of Cellulose Assisted by a Nonthermal Atmospheric Plasma

(2011) Maud Benoit et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Efficient and selective conversion of methyl lactate to acrylic acid using Ca3(PO4)2–Ca2(P2O7) composite catalysts

(2011) Ju Hyeong Hong et al.   APPLIED CATALYSIS A-GENERAL

Conversion of triose sugars with alcohols to alkyl lactates catalyzed by Brønsted acid tin ion-exchanged montmorillonite

(2011) Jiacheng Wang et al.   APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL

Cellulose hydrothermal conversion promoted by heterogeneous Brønsted and Lewis acids: Remarkable efficiency of solid Lewis acids to produce lactic acid

(2011) Flora Chambon et al.   APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL

From Lactic Acid to Poly(lactic acid) (PLA): Characterization and Analysis of PLA and Its Precursors

(2011) Saara Inkinen et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Biotechnological routes based on lactic acid production from biomass

(2011) Chao Gao et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY ADVANCES

On the role of the atmosphere in the catalytic glycerol transformation over iridium-based catalysts

(2011) Florian Auneau et al.   CATALYSIS COMMUNICATIONS

Tuning selectivity of Pt/CaCO3 in glycerol hydrogenolysis — A Design of Experiments approach

(2011) Jeroen ten Dam et al.   CATALYSIS COMMUNICATIONS

Conversion of biomass-derived carbohydrates to methyl lactate using solid base catalysts

(2011) Zhen Liu et al.   CATALYSIS COMMUNICATIONS

Synergy between the metal nanoparticles and the support for the hydrogenation of functionalized carboxylic acids to diols on Ru/TiO2

(2011) Ana Primo et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Efficient hydrolytic hydrogenation of cellulose in the presence of Ru-loaded zeolites and trace amounts of mineral acid

(2011) Jan Geboers et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Efficient hydrogenation of biomass-derived cyclic di-esters to 1,2-diols

(2011) Ekambaram Balaraman et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Lactic acid production by alkaline hydrothermal treatment of corn cobs

(2011) Cristina Sánchez et al.   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL

Conversion of biomass to selected chemical products

(2011) Pierre Gallezot   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Catalytic Conversion of Dihydroxyacetone to Lactic Acid Using Metal Salts in Water

(2011) Carolus B. Rasrendra et al.   ChemSusChem

Isosorbide as a Renewable Platform chemical for Versatile Applications-Quo Vadis?

(2011) Marcus Rose et al.   ChemSusChem

Renewable Chemicals: Dehydroxylation of Glycerol and Polyols

(2011) Jeroen ten Dam et al.   ChemSusChem

Furfural-A Promising Platform for Lignocellulosic Biofuels

(2011) Jean-Paul Lange et al.   ChemSusChem

Catalytic production of levulinic acid from cellulose and other biomass-derived carbohydrates with sulfonated hyperbranched poly(arylene oxindole)s

(2011) Stijn Van de Vyver et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Selective conversion of trioses to lactates over Lewis acid heterogeneous catalysts

(2011) Li Li et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

A green approach to chemical building blocks. The case of 3-hydroxypropanoic acid

(2011) Cristina Della Pina et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

5-Hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) as a building block platform: Biological properties, synthesis and synthetic applications

(2011) Andreia A. Rosatella et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Ethyl lactate as a solvent: Properties, applications and production processes – a review

(2011) Carla S. M. Pereira et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Searching for green solvents

(2011) Philip G. Jessop   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Efficient Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Lactate to Pyruvate Using a Gas−Liquid Micro Flow System

(2011) Toshiya Yasukawa et al.   INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH

Chemicals from biomass: synthesis of lactic acid by alkaline hydrothermal conversion of sorbitol

(2011) Camilo A. Ramírez-López et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Theoretical Study of 1,2-Hydride Shift Associated with the Isomerization of Glyceraldehyde to Dihydroxy Acetone by Lewis Acid Active Site Models

(2011) Rajeev S. Assary et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY A

Ring-opening polymerization ofl-lactide with silica supported titanium alkoxide catalysts

(2011) Eonah Kim et al.   MACROMOLECULAR RESEARCH

Graphitic nanocrystals inside the pores of mesoporous silica: Synthesis, characterization and an adsorption study

(2011) F. de Clippel et al.   MICROPOROUS AND MESOPOROUS MATERIALS

Cu-Based Catalysts Show Low Temperature Activity for Glycerol Conversion to Lactic Acid

(2011) Debdut Roy et al.   ACS Catalysis

Activation of Carbonyl-Containing Molecules with Solid Lewis Acids in Aqueous Media

(2011) Yuriy Román-Leshkov et al.   ACS Catalysis

Heterogeneous catalysis of the glycerol hydrogenolysis

(2011) Yoshinao Nakagawa et al.   Catalysis Science & Technology

Chemocatalytic conversion of cellulose: opportunities, advances and pitfalls

(2011) Jan A. Geboers et al.   Catalysis Science & Technology

Hydrothermal conversion of carbohydrate biomass to lactic acid

(2010) Xiuyi Yan et al.   AICHE JOURNAL

Mechanism of Glucose Isomerization Using a Solid Lewis Acid Catalyst in Water

(2010) Yuriy Román-Leshkov et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Esterification of lactic acid over TiO2–ZrO2 catalysts

(2010) Kuo-Tseng Li et al.   APPLIED CATALYSIS A-GENERAL

Improvement of lactic acid production from cellulose with the addition of Zn/Ni/C under alkaline hydrothermal conditions

(2010) Shiping Zhang et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Efficient dehydration of methyl lactate to acrylic acid using Ca3(PO4)2–SiO2 catalyst

(2010) Jong-Min Lee et al.   CATALYSIS COMMUNICATIONS

Recent Advances in the Catalytic Conversion of Cellulose

(2010) Stijn Van de Vyver et al.   ChemCatChem

Efficient catalytic conversion of concentrated cellulose feeds to hexitols with heteropoly acids and Ru on carbon

(2010) Jan Geboers et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Grafted cellulose strands on the surface of silica: effect of environment on reactivity

(2010) Oz M. Gazit et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Heteropoly acids as efficient acid catalysts in the one-step conversion of cellulose to sugar alcohols

(2010) Regina Palkovits et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Ethyl lactate production via esterification of lactic acid with ethanol combined with pervaporation

(2010) Patricia Delgado et al.   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL

Efficient Synthesis of Lactic Acid by Aerobic Oxidation of Glycerol on Au-Pt/TiO2 Catalysts

(2010) Yihong Shen et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Synthetic Glycolysis

(2010) Raul F. Lobo   ChemSusChem

An Integrated Catalytic Approach to Fermentable Sugars from Cellulose

(2010) Roberto Rinaldi et al.   ChemSusChem

Selective Bifunctional Catalytic Conversion of Cellulose over Reshaped Ni Particles at the Tip of Carbon Nanofibers

(2010) Stijn Van de Vyver et al.   ChemSusChem

Towards the conversion of carbohydrate biomass feedstocks to biofuels via hydroxylmethylfurfural

(2010) Olusola O. James et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Rapid and highly selective conversion of biomass into value-added products in hydrothermal conditions: chemistry of acid/base-catalysed and oxidation reactions

(2010) Fangming Jin et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

d-(−)-Lactic acid production from cellobiose and cellulose by Lactobacillus lactis mutant RM2-24

(2010) Mamta Singhvi et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Highly efficient catalyst for the decarbonylation of lactic acid to acetaldehyde

(2010) Benjamin Katryniok et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Microwave-assisted conversion of d-glucose into lactic acid under solvent-free conditions

(2010) Géraldine Epane et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Zeolite-catalysed conversion of C3 sugars to alkyl lactates

(2010) Paolo P. Pescarmona et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Sulfonated silica/carbon nanocomposites as novel catalysts for hydrolysis of cellulose to glucose

(2010) Stijn Van de Vyver et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Technology development for the production of biobased products from biorefinery carbohydrates—the US Department of Energy’s “Top 10” revisited

(2010) Joseph J. Bozell et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

NaY Zeolites Catalyze Dehydration of Lactic Acid to Acrylic Acid: Studies on the Effects of Anions in Potassium Salts

(2010) Peng Sun et al.   INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH

Synthesis of Lactic Acid by Alkaline Hydrothermal Conversion of Glycerol at High Glycerol Concentration

(2010) Camilo A. Ramírez-López et al.   INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH

Electrolysis Reaction Pathway for Lactic Acid in Subcritical Water

(2010) Asli Yuksel et al.   INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH

Unexpected phosphate salt-catalyzed hydrolysis of glycosidic bonds in model disaccharides: Cellobiose and maltose

(2010) Alexandre Charmot et al.   JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS

Theoretical study on the mechanisms of the conversion of methyl lactate over sodium polyphosphate catalyst

(2010) Zhiqiang Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR CATALYSIS A-CHEMICAL

Transmission FT-IR Study on the Adsorption and Reactions of Lactic Acid and Poly(lactic acid) on TiO2

(2010) Yi-Kwan Chen et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Tin-containing zeolites are highly active catalysts for the isomerization of glucose in water

(2010) M. Moliner et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Conversion of Sugars to Lactic Acid Derivatives Using Heterogeneous Zeotype Catalysts

(2010) M. S. Holm et al.   SCIENCE

Lactic Acid Production as a New Approach for Exploitation of Glycerol

(2010) S. Lux et al.   SEPARATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Green Chemicals from d-glucose: Systematic Studies on Catalytic Effects of Inorganic Salts on the Chemo-Selectivity and Yield in Aqueous Solutions

(2010) C. B. Rasrendra et al.   TOPICS IN CATALYSIS

Efficient Acrylic Acid Production through Bio Lactic Acid Dehydration over NaY Zeolite Modified by Alkali Phosphates

(2010) Junfeng Zhang et al.   ACS Catalysis

Highly Active Mesoporous Nb-W Oxide Solid-Acid Catalyst

(2009) Caio Tagusagawa et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Biotechnological production of enantiomeric pure lactic acid from renewable resources: recent achievements, perspectives, and limits

(2009) Kenji Okano et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Present and future development in plastics from biomass

(2009) Li Shen et al.   Biofuels Bioproducts & Biorefining-Biofpr

Catalytic dehydration of lactic acid to acrylic acid over sulfate catalysts

(2009) Jinfeng Zhang et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

Potassium modified NaY: A selective and durable catalyst for dehydration of lactic acid to acrylic acid

(2009) Peng Sun et al.   CATALYSIS COMMUNICATIONS

Enhancement of Catalytic Activity on Pd/C and Te–Pd/C During the Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Sodium Lactate to Pyruvate in an Aqueous Phase Under Pressurized Oxygen

(2009) Shigeru Sugiyama et al.   CATALYSIS LETTERS

Catalytic Conversion of Glucose on Al–Zr Mixed Oxides in Hot Compressed Water

(2009) Wei Zeng et al.   CATALYSIS LETTERS

Selective Catalysis of Lactic Acid to Produce Commodity Chemicals

(2009) Yongxian Fan et al.   CATALYSIS REVIEWS-SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

Molecular sieve properties of mesoporous silica with intraporous nanocarbon

(2009) F. de Clippel et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Catalytic Processing of Lactic Acid over Pt/Nb2O5

(2009) Juan Carlos Serrano-Ruiz et al.   ChemSusChem

Acid Hydrolysis of Cellulose as the Entry Point into Biorefinery Schemes

(2009) Roberto Rinaldi et al.   ChemSusChem

Zeolite-Catalyzed Isomerization of Triose Sugars

(2009) Esben Taarning et al.   ChemSusChem

Design of solid catalysts for the conversion of biomass

(2009) Roberto Rinaldi et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Catalytic upgrading of lactic acid to fuels and chemicals by dehydration/hydrogenation and C–C coupling reactions

(2009) Juan Carlos Serrano-Ruiz et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Selective formation of lactate by oxidation of 1,2-propanediol using gold palladium alloy supported nanocrystals

(2009) Nikolaos Dimitratos et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Effect of Alkaline Catalysts on Hydrothermal Conversion of Glycerin into Lactic Acid

(2009) Zheng Shen et al.   INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH

Catalytic Performance and Characterization of Silica Supported Sodium Phosphates for the Dehydration of Methyl Lactate to Methyl Acrylate andAcrylic Acid

(2009) Zhiqiang Zhang et al.   INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH

Zeolite H-USY for the production of lactic acid and methyl lactate from C3-sugars

(2009) Ryan M. West et al.   JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS

Platinum−Bismuth-Catalyzed Oxidation of Glycerol: Kinetics and the Origin of Selective Deactivation

(2009) N. Worz et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Electrolysis of glycerol in subcritical water

(2009) Asli Yuksel et al.   Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy

Dehydration of lactic acid to acrylic acid in high temperature water at high pressures

(2009) Taku Michael Aida et al.   JOURNAL OF SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS

A High-Throughput Experimentation Study of the Synthesis of Lactates with Solid Acid Catalysts

(2009) Paolo P. Pescarmona et al.   TOPICS IN CATALYSIS

Hydrogenation of lactic acid to propylene glycol over copper-containing catalysts

(2009) Mikhail N. Simonov et al.  

Depolymerization of Cellulose Using Solid Catalysts in Ionic Liquids

(2008) Roberto Rinaldi et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

A new chemical process for catalytic conversion of d-glucose into lactic acid and gluconic acid

(2008) Ayumu Onda et al.   APPLIED CATALYSIS A-GENERAL

Vapor-phase hydrogenolysis of biomass-derived lactate to 1,2-propanediol over supported metal catalysts

(2008) Long Huang et al.   APPLIED CATALYSIS A-GENERAL

Enantioselective oxidation of racemic lactic acid to d-lactic acid and pyruvic acid by Pseudomonas stutzeri SDM

(2008) Chao Gao et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Direct lactic acid fermentation: Focus on simultaneous saccharification and lactic acid production

(2008) Rojan P. John et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY ADVANCES

Hydroxy acetone and lactic acid synthesis from aqueous propylene glycol/hydrogen peroxide catalysis on Pd-black

(2008) R.S. Disselkamp et al.   CATALYSIS COMMUNICATIONS

Rare earth metal modified NaY: Structure and catalytic performance for lactic acid dehydration to acrylic acid

(2008) Hongjuan Wang et al.   CATALYSIS COMMUNICATIONS

Catalytic glycerol conversion into 1,2-propanediol in absence of added hydrogen

(2008) Els D’Hondt et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Evaluation of Catalysts and Optimization of Reaction Conditions for the Dehydration of Methyl Lactate to Acrylates

(2008) Jinfeng ZHANG et al.   CHINESE JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

The critical role of heterogeneous catalysis in lignocellulosic biomass conversion

(2008) Yu-Chuan Lin et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Autothermal Catalytic Partial Oxidation of Bio-Oil Functional Groups: Esters and Acids

(2008) David C. Rennard et al.   ENERGY & FUELS

Selective hydrolysis of cellulose into glucose over solid acid catalysts

(2008) Ayumu Onda et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

The green solventethyl lactate: an experimental and theoretical characterization

(2008) Santiago Aparicio et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Thermodynamic Equilibrium and Reaction Kinetics for the Esterification of Lactic Acid with Ethanol Catalyzed by Acid Ion-Exchange Resin

(2008) Carla S. M. Pereira et al.   INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH

Biotechnological routes to pyruvate production

(2008) Ping Xu et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOSCIENCE AND BIOENGINEERING

Characteristics of heterogeneous titanium alkoxide catalysts for ring-opening polymerization of lactide to produce polylactide

(2008) Eonah Kim et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR CATALYSIS A-CHEMICAL

Insight into the Reduction of Pyruvic Acid to Lactic Acid over Cu{110}: The Crucial Role of Intramolecular Tunneling in Direct Hydrogenation

(2008) Glenn Jones et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Improved preparation of D, L-lactide from D, L-lactic acid using microwave irradiation

(2008) Xiao-Gang Yang et al.   POLYMER BULLETIN

Effect of biogenic fermentation impurities on lactic acid hydrogenation to propylene glycol

(2007) Zhigang Zhang et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Lactic acid production from glucose over activated hydrotalcites as solid base catalysts in water

(2007) Ayumu Onda et al.   CATALYSIS COMMUNICATIONS

Chemoselective catalytic conversion of glycerol as a biorenewable source to valuable commodity chemicals

(2007) Chun-Hui (Clayton) Zhou et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Hydrothermal catalytic conversion of biomass for lactic acid production

(2007) Lingzhao Kong et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY