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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Mukherjee, Agneev
• Dumont, Marie-Josée
• Raghavan, Vijaya

Titel

Review: Sustainable production of hydroxymethylfurfural and levulinic acid: Challenges and opportunities

Ist Teil von

• Biomass & bioenergy, 2015-01, Vol.72, p.143-183

Ort / Verlag

Elsevier Ltd

Erscheinungsjahr

2015

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) and levulinic acid (LA) are two of the most promising chemicals derived from biomass owing to their convertibility into a large number of chemicals having applications in diverse industries. Their transition from niche products to mass-produced chemicals, however, requires their production from sustainable biomass feedstocks at low costs using environment-friendly techniques. In this review, the numerous reaction systems that have been developed to produce HMF and LA from various substrates have been looked at and their merits, demerits and requirements for commercialisation outlined. Special attention has been paid to microwave irradiation-heated systems due to their dual advantages of high product yields and low environmental footprint. •HMF and LA are promising biorefinery platform chemicals.•Lignocellulose biomass is preferred for viable commercial-scale production.•One-pot reaction systems reduce feedstock pre-treatment and purification.•Microwave irradiation based reaction is a promising synthesis route.•HMF and LA isolation techniques need to be optimized.