Redefining biorefinery: the search for unconventional building blocks for materials

Chem Soc Rev. 2015 Aug 21;44(16):5821-35. doi: 10.1039/c4cs00368c.

Abstract

This review discusses different strategies for the upgrading of biomass into sustainable monomers and building blocks as scaffolds for the preparation of green polymers and materials.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Biomass*
  • Furaldehyde / analogs & derivatives*
  • Furaldehyde / chemical synthesis
  • Furaldehyde / chemistry
  • Lactic Acid / chemical synthesis
  • Lactic Acid / chemistry*
  • Levulinic Acids / chemical synthesis
  • Levulinic Acids / chemistry*
  • Molecular Structure
  • Polymers / chemical synthesis*
  • Polymers / chemistry*

Substances

  • Levulinic Acids
  • Polymers
  • Lactic Acid
  • 5-hydroxymethylfurfural
  • Furaldehyde
  • levulinic acid