Advances in the Catalytic Conversion of Biomass Components to Ester Derivatives: Challenges and Opportunities

Biomass has received significant attention as a sustainable feedstock that can replace diminishing fossil fuels in the production of value-added chemicals and energy. Many new catalytic technologies have been developed for the conversion of biomass feedstocks into valuable biofuels and bioproducts....

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description Biomass has received significant attention as a sustainable feedstock that can replace diminishing fossil fuels in the production of value-added chemicals and energy. Many new catalytic technologies have been developed for the conversion of biomass feedstocks into valuable biofuels and bioproducts. However, many of these still suffer from several disadvantages, such as weak catalytic performance, harsh reaction conditions, a high processing cost, and questionable sustainability, which limit their further applicability/development in the immediate future. In this context, the esterification of carboxylic acids represents a very valuable solution to these problems, requiring mild reaction conditions and being advantageously integrable with many existing processes of biomass conversion. An emblematic example is the acid-catalyzed hydrothermal route for levulinic acid production, already upgraded to that of higher value alkyl levulinates, obtained by esterification or directly by biomass alcoholysis. Many other chemical processes benefit from esterification, such as the synthesis of biodiesel, which includes monoalkyl esters of long-chain fatty acids prepared from renewable vegetable oils and animal fats, or that of cellulose esters, mainly acetates, for textile uses. Even pyrolysis bio-oil should be stabilized by esterification to neutralize the acidity of carboxylic acids and moderate the reactivity of other typical biomass-derived compounds, such as sugars, furans, aldehydes, and phenolics. This Special Issue reports on the recent main advances in the homogeneous/heterogeneous catalytic conversion of model/real biomass components into ester derivatives that are extremely attractive for both the academic and industrial fields. Dr. Domenico Licursi Guest Editor
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-845572024-03-28T03:32:52Z Advances in the Catalytic Conversion of Biomass Components to Ester Derivatives: Challenges and Opportunities Licursi, Domenico eugenol acetylation flint kaolin mesoporous aluminosilicate functionalization heterogeneous catalysis n-butyl levulinate alcoholysis butanolysis Eucalyptus nitens microwaves biorefinery diesel blends process intensification hydrolysis solvothermal process alkyl levulinate levulinic acid 5-hydroxymethylfurfural furfural humins biomass ester derivatives solvothermal processing γ-valerolactone Ni-Fe bimetallic catalysts ABE fermentation Ni-MgO-Al2O3 catalyst biofuel catalytic performance sewage scum methyl (R)-10-hydroxystearate FAMEs biodiesel estolides cardoon waste biomass bio-fuels heterogeneous catalysts combustion PEG transesterification n/a thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PN Chemistry Biomass has received significant attention as a sustainable feedstock that can replace diminishing fossil fuels in the production of value-added chemicals and energy. Many new catalytic technologies have been developed for the conversion of biomass feedstocks into valuable biofuels and bioproducts. However, many of these still suffer from several disadvantages, such as weak catalytic performance, harsh reaction conditions, a high processing cost, and questionable sustainability, which limit their further applicability/development in the immediate future. In this context, the esterification of carboxylic acids represents a very valuable solution to these problems, requiring mild reaction conditions and being advantageously integrable with many existing processes of biomass conversion. An emblematic example is the acid-catalyzed hydrothermal route for levulinic acid production, already upgraded to that of higher value alkyl levulinates, obtained by esterification or directly by biomass alcoholysis. Many other chemical processes benefit from esterification, such as the synthesis of biodiesel, which includes monoalkyl esters of long-chain fatty acids prepared from renewable vegetable oils and animal fats, or that of cellulose esters, mainly acetates, for textile uses. Even pyrolysis bio-oil should be stabilized by esterification to neutralize the acidity of carboxylic acids and moderate the reactivity of other typical biomass-derived compounds, such as sugars, furans, aldehydes, and phenolics. This Special Issue reports on the recent main advances in the homogeneous/heterogeneous catalytic conversion of model/real biomass components into ester derivatives that are extremely attractive for both the academic and industrial fields. Dr. Domenico Licursi Guest Editor 2022-06-21T08:42:12Z 2022-06-21T08:42:12Z 2022 book ONIX_20220621_9783036541211_135 9783036541211 9783036541228 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/84557 eng application/octet-stream Attribution 4.0 International https://mdpi.com/books/pdfview/book/5541 https://mdpi.com/books/pdfview/book/5541 MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 10.3390/books978-3-0365-4122-8 10.3390/books978-3-0365-4122-8 46cabcaa-dd94-4bfe-87b4-55023c1b36d0 9783036541211 9783036541228 156 Basel open access
spellingShingle eugenol
acetylation
flint kaolin
mesoporous aluminosilicate
functionalization
heterogeneous catalysis
n-butyl levulinate
alcoholysis
butanolysis
Eucalyptus nitens
microwaves
biorefinery
diesel blends
process intensification
hydrolysis
solvothermal process
alkyl levulinate
levulinic acid
5-hydroxymethylfurfural
furfural
humins
biomass ester derivatives
solvothermal processing
γ-valerolactone
Ni-Fe bimetallic catalysts
ABE fermentation
Ni-MgO-Al2O3 catalyst
biofuel
catalytic performance
sewage scum
methyl (R)-10-hydroxystearate
FAMEs
biodiesel
estolides
cardoon
waste biomass
bio-fuels
heterogeneous catalysts
combustion
PEG
transesterification
n/a
thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general
thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PN Chemistry
Advances in the Catalytic Conversion of Biomass Components to Ester Derivatives: Challenges and Opportunities
title Advances in the Catalytic Conversion of Biomass Components to Ester Derivatives: Challenges and Opportunities
title_full Advances in the Catalytic Conversion of Biomass Components to Ester Derivatives: Challenges and Opportunities
title_fullStr Advances in the Catalytic Conversion of Biomass Components to Ester Derivatives: Challenges and Opportunities
title_full_unstemmed Advances in the Catalytic Conversion of Biomass Components to Ester Derivatives: Challenges and Opportunities
title_short Advances in the Catalytic Conversion of Biomass Components to Ester Derivatives: Challenges and Opportunities
title_sort advances in the catalytic conversion of biomass components to ester derivatives challenges and opportunities
topic eugenol
acetylation
flint kaolin
mesoporous aluminosilicate
functionalization
heterogeneous catalysis
n-butyl levulinate
alcoholysis
butanolysis
Eucalyptus nitens
microwaves
biorefinery
diesel blends
process intensification
hydrolysis
solvothermal process
alkyl levulinate
levulinic acid
5-hydroxymethylfurfural
furfural
humins
biomass ester derivatives
solvothermal processing
γ-valerolactone
Ni-Fe bimetallic catalysts
ABE fermentation
Ni-MgO-Al2O3 catalyst
biofuel
catalytic performance
sewage scum
methyl (R)-10-hydroxystearate
FAMEs
biodiesel
estolides
cardoon
waste biomass
bio-fuels
heterogeneous catalysts
combustion
PEG
transesterification
n/a
thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general
thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PN Chemistry
topic_facet eugenol
acetylation
flint kaolin
mesoporous aluminosilicate
functionalization
heterogeneous catalysis
n-butyl levulinate
alcoholysis
butanolysis
Eucalyptus nitens
microwaves
biorefinery
diesel blends
process intensification
hydrolysis
solvothermal process
alkyl levulinate
levulinic acid
5-hydroxymethylfurfural
furfural
humins
biomass ester derivatives
solvothermal processing
γ-valerolactone
Ni-Fe bimetallic catalysts
ABE fermentation
Ni-MgO-Al2O3 catalyst
biofuel
catalytic performance
sewage scum
methyl (R)-10-hydroxystearate
FAMEs
biodiesel
estolides
cardoon
waste biomass
bio-fuels
heterogeneous catalysts
combustion
PEG
transesterification
n/a
thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general
thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PN Chemistry
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