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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCE
Volume 142, Issue -, Pages 318-346Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2015.12.002
Keywords
Lignocellulosic biomass; Cellulose; 5-hydroxymethylfurfural; Bio-fuel; Bio-chemical; Levulinic acid
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- DBT, New Delhi [BT/PR9694/PBD/26/402/2014]
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Inedible, lignocellulosic biomass has been recognized as most promising renewable resource for the production of high value bio-chemicals. The pretreated biomass or isolated cellulose is a biopolymer of glucose used as a stating material for the synthesis of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF). HMF is listed among the top 10 bio-based chemicals by USA Department of Energy and it acts as feedstock for deriving a number of commodity products (Bonzell and Petersen, 2010, Green Chem. 12, 539). In present review, we have systematically summarized the catalytic reaction for the synthesis of HMF from pretreated biomass/isolated cellulose using green processes. Further, through catalytic approach, HMF is translated into industrial important chemicals (2,5-diformylfuran, furan-2,5-dicarboxylicacid, 2,5-furandimethanol, furfuraylalcohol, etc) or high calorific value biofuel (2,5-dimethylfuran, 2,5-dimethyltetrahydrofuran, 2,5-bis(alkoxymethyl)furans, etc). In the profitable scale of HMF production, levulinic acid (LA) is generated as a major byproduct. Besides HMF, this review also outlines the catalytic strategy for the conversion of LA to industrially important chemicals along with the biofuel additives. Finally, the bio-toxicity of synthesized chemicals, which connected into different functional groups have been summarized to meet the criteria of the green technology for commercialization. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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