Preface to Special Issue on Green Conversion of HMF

Stefania Albonetti; Changwei Hu; Shunmugavel Saravanamurugan

doi:10.1002/cssc.202201057

Preface to Special Issue on Green Conversion of HMF

ChemSusChem. 2022 Jul 7;15(13):e202201057. doi: 10.1002/cssc.202201057.

Authors

Stefania Albonetti¹, Changwei Hu², Shunmugavel Saravanamurugan³

Affiliations

¹ Dip. di Chimica Industriale "Toso Montanari", University of Bologna, 40136, Bologna, Italy.
² Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Technology, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, 610064, Chengdu, P.R. China.
³ Laboratory of Bioproduct Chemistry, Center of Innovative and Applied Bioprocessing (CIAB), 140 306, Mohali, Punjab, India.

PMID: 35799297
DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202201057

Abstract

In this Editorial, Guest Editors Stefania Albonetti, Changwei Hu, and Shunmugavel Saravanamurugan introduce the Special Issue of ChemSusChem on Green Conversion of HMF. The significance of and enormous challenges for the sustainable transformation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural are reviewed, and the contents of the Special Issue with highly interesting contributions from scientists around the world are outlined.

Keywords: 5-hydroxymethylfurfural; biomass; green chemistry; renewable resources; sustainability.

Publication types

Editorial