Adipic acid, traditional synthesis

Use renewable feed stocks Choose a raw material or a feed stock that is renewable rather than depleting, wherever possible. The alternate route for synthesis of chemicals using biomass as feed stock is an option to be explored. For example, biochemical synthesis of adipic acid using n-glucose as a feed stock is an ecofriendly alternative to the traditional chemical s)mthesis of adipic acid using benzene as feed stock. 

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