Selective Catalysis for Renewable Feedstocks and Chemicals

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Nicholas, Kenneth M. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Topics in Current Chemistry, 353
• Subjects: Chemistry.; Organic chemistry.; Polymers.; Catalysis.; Organic Chemistry.; Polymer Sciences.

The series Topics in Current Chemistry presents critical reviews of the present and future trends in modern chemical research. The scope of coverage is all areas of chemical science including the interfaces with related disciplines such as biology, medicine and materials science.The goal of each the...

Table of Contents:

• Selective lignin oxidation
• Selective hydrogenolysis of biomass deoxydehydration of polyols
• Carbohydrate conversion to lactic acid and isosorbide
• Catalytic Approaches to the Production of Levulinates and Substituted Furfurals from Biomass
• Polymerization of biomass-derived monomers.