Lignocellulosic biomass, a cheap and plentiful resource, could play key role in the production of sustainable chemicals. The simple sugars contained renewable lignocellulosic biomass can be converted into commercially valuable products such as 5-hydroxymethyl furfural (HMF). A platform molecule, HMF transformed numerous chemical with potential applications wide variety industries. Of hexoses su...

The use of alkyl levulinates is growing interest in fuels. Adding n-butyl levulinate (BL) to fuels presents some benefits compared ethyl levulinate. conventional production route BL from the esterification levulinic acid, but latter compound corrosion issues. Alcoholysis fructose by butanol over cation exchange resins (solid catalyst) seems be a better alternative. effect water addition, solven...

There is increasing interest in the upgrading of C5 furfural (FF) and C6 5-hydroxymethyl furfural (HMF) into C10 and C12 furoins as higher energy-density intermediates for renewable chemicals, materials, and biofuels. This work utilizes the organocatalytic approach, using the in situ generated N,S-heterocyclic carbene catalyst derived from thiazolium ionic liquids (ILs), to achieve highly effic...

Effective lactic acid (LA) production from lignocellulosic biomass materials is challenged by several limitations related to pentose sugar utilization, inhibitory compounds, and/or fermentation conditions. In this study, a newly isolated Bacillus coagulans strain Azu-10 was obtained and showed homofermentative LA xylose with optimal conditions at 50 °C pH 7.0. Growth of LA-fermentation efficien...