Top chemical opportunities from carbohydrate biomass: A chemist’s view of the biorefinery

Topics in Current Chemistry

Volumn 353, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-40

  Dusselier, Michiel ^a   Mascal, Mark ^b   Sels, Bert F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atom economy; Biomass conversion; Biomass to chemicals; Biorefinery; Cellulose; Functionality index; Modified van Krevelen plot; Platform chemicals

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; CARBON; LIGNIN; LIGNOCELLULOSE;

BIOMASS; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DESICCATION; FERMENTATION; HYDROGENATION; HYDROLYSIS; ISOMERISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; SYNTHESIS;

BIOMASS; CARBOHYDRATES; CARBON; CATALYSIS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DESICCATION; FERMENTATION; HYDROGENATION; HYDROLYSIS; ISOMERISM; LIGNIN; OXIDATION-REDUCTION;

EID: 84907826687     PISSN: 03401022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/128_2014_544     Document Type: Article

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