Sorbitol Production From Biomass and Its Global Market

Marques, C.; Tarek, R.; Sára, Margit; Brar, Satinder Kaur

doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-802980-0.00012-2

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“…In recent decades, the conversion of biomass raw materials to platform molecules has gained interest, as it is one of the most promising routes for the sustainable production of bio-fuels and bio-chemicals [1][2][3][4][5]. Furfural and glucose are considered as important biomass-derived compounds among the platform molecules, as they are the source of top most value-added chemicals like sorbitol and furfuryl alcohol, respectively [1,6,7]. Furfuryl alcohol is considered as a potential source to produce alkane components in liquid biofuels, and its derivatives have wide applications in the plastics, pharmaceuticals, food, and agrochemical industries [1,[8][9][10].…”

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“…Furfuryl alcohol is considered as a potential source to produce alkane components in liquid biofuels, and its derivatives have wide applications in the plastics, pharmaceuticals, food, and agrochemical industries [1,[8][9][10]. Sorbitol is widely used in the cosmetics, food, and pharmaceutical industries, and is considered as an outstanding building block for commodity chemicals such as isosorbide and sorbitan [4,5,7,11]. It has been estimated that more than 60% of the overall furfural produced each year is converted to furfuryl alcohol, whereas the majority of the globally produced sorbitol (~700,000 tons/year) is obtained from glucose [4,7,12].…”

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“…Sorbitol is widely used in the cosmetics, food, and pharmaceutical industries, and is considered as an outstanding building block for commodity chemicals such as isosorbide and sorbitan [4,5,7,11]. It has been estimated that more than 60% of the overall furfural produced each year is converted to furfuryl alcohol, whereas the majority of the globally produced sorbitol (~700,000 tons/year) is obtained from glucose [4,7,12].…”

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Mono and bimetallic catalysts based on Pt and Pd were prepared by a co-precipitation method. They were tested in liquid phase hydrogenation reactions of glucose and furfural at low temperature and pressure. The bimetallic PtPd/TiO2 catalyst proved to be an efficient material in selectively hydrogenating glucose to sorbitol. Moreover, high furfural conversion was attained under relatively soft conditions, and the furfuryl alcohol selectivity was strongly affected by the chemical composition of the catalysts. Furfuryl alcohol (FA) was the major product in most cases, along with side products such as methylfuran (MF), furan, and traces of tetrahydrofuran (THF). These results showed that the PtPd bimetallic sample was more active relative to the monometallic counterparts. A correlation between the catalytic results and the physicochemical properties of the supported nanoparticles identified key factors responsible for the synergetic behavior of the PtPd system. The high activity and selectivity were due to the formation of ultra-small particles, alloy formation, and the Pt-rich surface composition of the bimetallic particles supported on the TiO2 nanowires.

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“…However, sorbitol is of particular interest as the core of the star polyester then comes from renewable sources such as corn-starch, cellulose, cassava, wheat, etc. Furthermore, considering its multifunctional nature, sorbitol enables to create functional polymers suitable for preparation of resins for coatings or adhesives due to their low viscosity [14][15][16][17]. Indeed, it is well established that the gradual deprivation and rising cost of fossil reserves and environmental impact of fossil-CO 2 are driving the current market trend towards renewable plant-based alternatives which also benefit from building-blocks of diverse functionality for the creation of sustainable materials [18,19].…”

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Novel green route towards polyesters-based resin by photopolymerization of star polymers

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Bio-based star-shaped poly(ε-caprolactone)s (S-PCL) derived from sugar-based D-sorbitol as an initiator were obtained via solvent-free enzymatic ring-opening polymerization (eROP). The star S-PCL were converted into UV-curable maleates by employing maleic anhydride for subsequent crosslinking with tri(ethylene glycol) divinyl ether (DVE-3) in the presence of Darocur 1173 as a radical photoinitiator. The kinetics of the UV-induced radical copolymerization was monitored by real-time Fourier-Transform InfraRed (FTIR) spectroscopy, which revealed that the star S-PCL maleate/divinyl ether system was not scavenged by molecular oxygen (donor/acceptor polymerization). The UV-crosslinking reaction was fast (~10 s) to reach near quantitative conversions. The S-PCL maleate / divinyl ether liquid formulation cast on glass substrates successfully gave films upon UV-crosslinking. The thermal properties of the polymer films and their precursor polymers were characterized by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). Finally, the crosslinked polymer film demonstrated promising adhesive properties on steel, aluminum and glass substrates.

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“…It has significant applications in several industries like those of foods, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics; it is also used in the synthesis of L-ascorbic acid (vitamin C) and can be transformed into a series of chemicals and polymer precursors such as isosorbide, glycols, etc. [4]. This is the frame of the one-pot hydrolytic hydrogenation of cellulose (HHC) with heterogeneous catalysts, a two-step process in which cellulose is hydrolyzed in a first stage and the hydrolysis products are further hydrogenated.…”

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Carbon-Black-Supported Ru Catalysts for the Valorization of Cellulose through Hydrolytic Hydrogenation

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The one-pot hydrolytic hydrogenation of cellulose (HHC) with heterogeneous catalysts is an interesting method for the synthesis of fuels and chemicals from a renewable resource like lignocellulosic biomass. Supported metal catalysts are interesting for this application because they can contain the required active sites for the two catalytic steps of the HHC reaction (hydrolysis and hydrogenation). In this work, Ru catalysts have been prepared using a commercial carbon black that has been modified by sulfonation and oxidation treatments with H 2 SO 4 and (NH 4 )S 2 O 8 , respectively, in order to create acidic surface sites. The correlation between the catalysts' properties and catalytic activity has been addressed after detailed catalyst characterization. The prepared catalysts are active for cellulose conversion, being that prepared with the carbon black treated with sulfuric acid the most selective to sorbitol (above 40%). This good behavior can be mainly explained by the suitable porous structure and surface chemistry of the carbon support together with the low content of residual chlorine.

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Sorbitol Production From Biomass and Its Global Market

Cited by 45 publications

References 39 publications

Exploiting the Synergetic Behavior of PtPd Bimetallic Catalysts in the Selective Hydrogenation of Glucose and Furfural

Exploiting the Synergetic Behavior of PtPd Bimetallic Catalysts in the Selective Hydrogenation of Glucose and Furfural

Novel green route towards polyesters-based resin by photopolymerization of star polymers

Carbon-Black-Supported Ru Catalysts for the Valorization of Cellulose through Hydrolytic Hydrogenation

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