LEADER 04518nam 2200853z- 450 001 9910576875903321 005 20231214132833.0 035 $a(CKB)5720000000008416 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/84557 035 $a(EXLCZ)995720000000008416 100 $a20202206d2022 |y 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurmn|---annan 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aAdvances in the Catalytic Conversion of Biomass Components to Ester Derivatives: Challenges and Opportunities 210 $aBasel$cMDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute$d2022 215 $a1 electronic resource (156 p.) 311 $a3-0365-4121-7 311 $a3-0365-4122-5 330 $aBiomass 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 517 $aAdvances in the Catalytic Conversion of Biomass Components to Ester Derivatives 606 $aResearch & information: general$2bicssc 606 $aChemistry$2bicssc 610 $aeugenol 610 $aacetylation 610 $aflint kaolin 610 $amesoporous aluminosilicate 610 $afunctionalization 610 $aheterogeneous catalysis 610 $an-butyl levulinate 610 $aalcoholysis 610 $abutanolysis 610 $aEucalyptus nitens 610 $amicrowaves 610 $abiorefinery 610 $adiesel blends 610 $aprocess intensification 610 $ahydrolysis 610 $asolvothermal process 610 $aalkyl levulinate 610 $alevulinic acid 610 $a5-hydroxymethylfurfural 610 $afurfural 610 $ahumins 610 $abiomass ester derivatives 610 $asolvothermal processing 610 $a?-valerolactone 610 $aNi-Fe bimetallic catalysts 610 $aABE fermentation 610 $aNi-MgO-Al2O3 catalyst 610 $abiofuel 610 $acatalytic performance 610 $asewage scum 610 $amethyl (R)-10-hydroxystearate 610 $aFAMEs 610 $abiodiesel 610 $aestolides 610 $acardoon 610 $awaste biomass 610 $abio-fuels 610 $aheterogeneous catalysts 610 $acombustion 610 $aPEG 610 $atransesterification 615 7$aResearch & information: general 615 7$aChemistry 700 $aLicursi$b Domenico$4edt$01322396 702 $aLicursi$b Domenico$4oth 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910576875903321 996 $aAdvances in the Catalytic Conversion of Biomass Components to Ester Derivatives: Challenges and Opportunities$93034952 997 $aUNINA