Selective catalytic conversion

Wolfel R, Taccardi N, Bosmann A, Wasserscheid P (2011) Selective catalytic conversion of biobased carbohydrates to formic acid using molecular oxygen. Green Chem 13(10) 2759-2763... 

Approaches to the Selective Catalytic Conversion of Lignin A Grand Challenge for Biorefinery Development... 

The challenge to chemists seeking to reconstitute/refunctionalize biomass resources is their polyoxygenated nature (CHO) , which requires the transformation of C-0 bonds for oxygen removal or substitution, whereas the functionalization of hydrocarbon-rich fossil resources focuses on C-C and C-H activation. Different chemistries and types of catalysts are thus needed to effect the selective, catalytic conversions desired for refunctionalizing typical biomass feedstocks. 

Anderson MW, Klinowski J. Solid-state NMR studies of the shape-selective catalytic conversion of methanol into gasoline on zeolite ZSM-5. J Am Chem Soc 1990 112 10-6. 

Reaction pathway for the hydrodeoxygenation of phenol over Pd/C in the presence of an acid. Reprinted with permission from Wiley-VCH VeHag (From Zhao C, Kou Y, Lemonidou AA, Li X, LercherJA. Highly selective catalytic conversion of phenolic bio-oil to alkanes. Angew Chem Int Ed 2009 48 3987-90). 

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