Valorisation of glycerol as renewable feedstock: Comparison of the exploration of chemical transformation methods aided by high throughput experimentation

Combinatorial Chemistry and High Throughput Screening

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 123-135

  Böhmer, Natalia ^a   Roussière, Thomas ^a   Kuba, Martin ^a   Schunk, Stephan A ^a  

^a hte Aktiengesellschaft ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Acrolein; C4 acids; Carbonylation; Glycerol; High throughput experimentation

Indexed keywords

ACROLEIN; ACRYLIC ACID; BIODIESEL; GLYCEROL; SUGAR ALCOHOL;

ARTICLE; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; CARBONYLATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACROLEIN; ACRYLATES; GLYCEROL; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING ASSAYS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SUGAR ALCOHOLS;

EID: 84858261143     PISSN: 13862073     EISSN: 18755402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138620712798868400     Document Type: Article

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