Selective and Flexible Transformation of Biomass-Derived Platform Chemicals by a Multifunctional Catalytic System

摘要

The limitation of fossil resources and the global efforts to reduce anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions demand innovative strategies for the sustainable production of fuels and chemicals from renewable raw materials. Carbohydrates derived from lignocellulosic biomass comprise the largest fraction of terrestrial biomass feedstocks. Their conversion into valuable products can be envisaged by subsequent selective transformations of a set of platform molecules (new building blocks) that constitute the key intermediates for molecular diversity.