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A Robust Strategy for Sustainable Organic Chemicals Utilizing Bioprivileged Molecules
Author(s) -
Shanks Brent H.,
Broadbelt Linda J.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
chemsuschem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.412
H-Index - 157
eISSN - 1864-564X
pISSN - 1864-5631
DOI - 10.1002/cssc.201900323
Subject(s) - petrochemical , chemical industry , leverage (statistics) , biochemical engineering , speciality chemicals , fine chemical , raw material , organic chemicals , organic molecules , commodity chemicals , nanotechnology , new product development , molecule , chemistry , computer science , organic chemistry , business , materials science , engineering , catalysis , environmental chemistry , marketing , machine learning
Biobased chemicals will inevitably be an important part of a sustainable organic chemical industry. Current efforts in biobased chemicals are largely driven by opportunistic chemical product targets requiring complete technology development from feedstock to final product for a specific molecule. To enhance the development of biobased chemicals, it is important to create strategies that can be more systematic and can leverage advancements across multiple final products. Discussed here is the concept of bioprivileged molecules, which are chemical intermediates that have the potential to be efficiently converted into a range of product molecules that can both directly replace existing petrochemicals and are novel molecules that impart enhanced performance properties in end‐use applications.