Chemical Conversion Routes to Bio-Derived Chemicals

The approach to choosing chemicals and processes will form the subject of the remainder of this chapter. A summary of the most important chemicals from cellulose and hemiceUulose is shown in Fig. 4. 

To start with, the most abundant five- and six-carbon sugars and some of their isomers, as well as shorter chained sugars, are indicated in green. Chemicals produced by fermentative or biocatalytic processes of carbohydrate feedstocks are 

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