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Application of Room-Temperature Ionic Liquids to the Chemical Processing of Biomass-Derived Feedstocks

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Green Industrial Applications of Ionic Liquids

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Abstract

The use of lignocellulosic biomass as a renewable feedstock for the production of chemicals requires the development of new chemical processing technologies. Since many traditional solvents and catalyst systems are incompatible with carbohydrates and lignins, we are exploring the use of new solvent systems that can sustain catalytic reactions. More specifically, we are studying the use of ionic solvents that are liquid at room temperature, and that are known to have unique solvent properties. In order better to understand the fundamental chemistry of processing lignocellulosic biomass using ionic solvent systems, we are exploring chemical reactions with simple carbohydrate and lignin building blocks.

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  1. Center of Chemistry for BioEnergy Systems, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), 1617 Cole Boulevard, Golden, CO, 8040, USA

    Luc Moens & Noshena Khan

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  1. Center for Green Manufacturing, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA

    Robin D. Rogers

  2. The QUILL Research Centre, The Queen’s University of Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK

    Kenneth R. Seddon

  3. V. Vernadsky Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Ukrainian National Academy of Sciences, Kiev, Ukraine

    Sergei Volkov

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Moens, L., Khan, N. (2003). Application of Room-Temperature Ionic Liquids to the Chemical Processing of Biomass-Derived Feedstocks. In: Rogers, R.D., Seddon, K.R., Volkov, S. (eds) Green Industrial Applications of Ionic Liquids. NATO Science Series, vol 92. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0127-4_9

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