Top Value Added Chemicals From Biomass. Volume 1 - Results of Screening for Potential Candidates From Sugars and Synthesis Gas

Abstract

This report identifies twelve building block chemicals that can be produced from sugars via biological or chemical conversions. The twelve building blocks can be subsequently converted to a number of high-value bio-based chemicals or materials. Building block chemicals as considered for this analysis are molecules with multiple functional groups that possess the potential to be transformed into new families of useful molecules. The twelve sugar-based building blocks are 1,4-diacids (succinic fumaric and malic), 2,5-furan dicarboxylic acid, 3-hydroxy propionic acid, aspartic acid, glucaric acid, glutamic acid, itaconic acid, levulinic acid, 3-hydroxybutyrolactone, glycerol, sotitol, and xylitol/arabinitol.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 2004
Accession Number
ADA436528

Entities

People

  • A. Aden
  • Amy Manheim
  • D. Eliot
  • G. Petersen
  • J. Bozell
  • J. Holladay
  • J. White
  • L. Lasure
  • S. I. Jones
  • T. Werpy

Organizations

  • United States Department of Energy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Alkenes
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Material Degradation Processes
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Sugar Acids

Readers

  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry
  • Polymer Science and Engineering.