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Directional synergistic conversion of lignocellulosic biomass with matching-solvents for added-value chemicals

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Abstract

Dimethoxymethane/methanol was creatively used as matching-solvents for one-pot synergistic converting bamboo into value-added chemicals. C6 and C5 sugars in cellulose and hemicellulose were simultaneously transformed into methyl levulinate with higher yield (48.68%). The overall reaction pathways for directional liquefaction of biomass into methyl levulinate with matching-solvent was put forward.

Citation

Feng, Junfeng; Zhang, Le; Jiang, Jianchun; Hse, Chung-yun; Shupe, Todd F.; Pan, Hui. 2019. Directional synergistic conversion of lignocellulosic biomass with matching-solvents for added-value chemicals. Green Chemistry. https://doi.org/10.1039/C9GC02365H.
Citations
https://www.fs.usda.gov/research/treesearch/58435