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Direct, High‐Yield Conversion of Cellulose into Biofuel
Author(s) -
Mascal Mark,
Nikitin Edward B.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200801594
Subject(s) - cellulose , biofuel , yield (engineering) , hydrolysis , organic chemistry , dehydration , chlorine , furan , chemistry , extraction (chemistry) , pulp and paper industry , materials science , waste management , engineering , biochemistry , metallurgy
Fueling up with furans : Cellulose can be converted into furanic biofuels in unprecedented yields using an inexpensive, simple process involving concurrent hydrolysis, dehydration, and chlorine substitution reactions coupled with continuous extraction into an organic phase (see scheme). Furanic ethers, such as those that can be derived from the products above, are known diesel additives.