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Development of Sustainable Carbohydrate-Based Solvents by Acetal Functionalisation of Biomass
Organic solvents are ubiquitous in industrial and domestic applications from the production of pharmaceuticals to household consumer products. The negative impact of most traditional solvents, especially aprotic types, on the environment, health, and safet ...
EPFL2024Corncob Biorefinery for Platform Chemicals and Lignin Coproduction: Metal Chlorides as Catalysts
A facile approach to a corncob biorefinery, focusing on both carbohydrate valorization and lignin stabilization, was proposed to coproduce platform chemicals (glucose, xylose, arabinose, and furfural) and lignin. Different metal chloride prehydrolyses of c ...
AMER CHEMICAL SOC2019Lignin monomer production integrated into the γ-valerolactone sugar platform
We demonstrate an experimental approach for upgrading lignin that has been isolated from corn stover via biomass fractionation using c-valerolactone (GVL) as a solvent. This GVL-based approach can be used in parallel with lignin upgrading to produce solubl ...
Royal Soc Chemistry2015Nonenzymatic Sugar Production from Biomass Using Biomass-Derived gamma-Valerolactone
Widespread production of biomass-derived fuels and chemicals will require cost-effective processes for breaking down cellulose and hemicellulose into their constituent sugars. Here, we report laboratory-scale production of soluble carbohydrates from corn s ...
2014High-solids biphasic CO2-H2O pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass
A high pressure (200 bar) CO2-H2O process was developed for pretreating lignocellulosic biomass at high-solid contents, while minimizing chemical inputs. Hardwood was pretreated at 20 and 40 (wt.%) solids. Switchgrass, corn stover, big bluestem, and mixed ...
Wiley-Blackwell2010