Feedstock, sugar platform

Finally, several papers describing the development and use of renewable building blocks are included. Fitzpatrick describes the use of levulinic acid as a chemical feedstock, as well as its continued development. New nanostructural materials based on biopolymers are discussed by van Soest. Robinson presents an overview of a bioreflnery sugar platform leading to the production of polyols. A new approach for the extraction of heteropolysaccharides is given by... 

Since so many detailed reviews are available [5-15], in this contribution we only tabulate data for the best published outcomes under each of the below mentioned representative approaches to HMF synthesis, involving fructose, sugars other than fructose (glucose or sucrose), inulin, cellulose, and finally biomass itself (Table 1). This is followed by a brief discussion of the respective advantages and practical limitations of the feedstocks, catalysts, and media. We then also give highlights of the derivative chemistry of HMF and discuss its future prospects as a renewable platform chemical. 

Tetravitae Bioscience (Eastman Chemical) 2006 Chicago, IL, USA The platform is based on a stable, nongeneticaUy modified C. beijerinckii strain which offers high butanol yields, reduced product inhibition, and the ability to utilize both C5 and C6 sugars Trying to adapt the technology to process ceUulosic feedstocks acquired by Eastman Chemical Company in November 2011 (Eastman press release, 2011)... 

Adipic acid is an important platform chemical with a turnover of 2.5 million tons per year. It is mainly applied as an intermediate reactant for the production of nylon-6,6, a world-leading polymer in the textile and the automobile industry. Due to a relatively high energy demand and greenhouse gas emission, inherently linked to the traditional petrochemical production, great potential exists for more sustainable bio-based alternatives. In pioneering developments, sugars, fats, and alkanes are used as novel feedstock for the production of bio-adipic acid. Recent approaches that recruit small... 

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