A Study on Catalytic Conversion of Non-Food Biomass into Chemicals Fusion of Chemical Sciences and Engineering /

The topic of this thesis is catalytic conversion of non-food, abundant, and renewable biomass such as cellulose and chitin to chemicals. In biorefinery, chemical transformation of polymers to valuable compounds has attracted worldwide interest for building sustainable societies. First, the current s...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Yabushita, Mizuho (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: e-Book
Language:English
Published: Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edition:1st ed. 2016.
Series:Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,
Subjects:
Catalysis.
Chemistry, Organic.
Organic Chemistry.
Online Access:Full-text access
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Table of Contents:
  • General Introduction
  • Hydrolysis of Cellulose to Glucose Using Carbon Catalysts
  • Mechanistic Study of Cellulose Hydrolysis by Carbon Catalysts
  • Catalytic Depolymerization of Chitin to N-Acetylated Monomers
  • Acid-Catalyzed Dehydration of Sorbitol to 1,4-Sorbitan
  • General Conclusions
  • Appendices.

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