Expanding the biomass derived chemical space
Résumé
Biorefinery aims at the conversion of biomass and renewable feedstocks into fuels and platform chemicals,
in analogy to conventional oil refinery. In the past years, the scientific community has defined a number of
primary building blocks that can be obtained by direct biomass decomposition. However, the large potential
of this “renewable chemical space” to contribute to the generation of value added bio-active compounds
and materials still remains unexplored. In general, biomass derived building blocks feature a diverse range of
chemical functionalities. In order to be integrated into value-added compounds, they require additional
functionalization and/or covalent modification thereby generating secondary building blocks. The latter
can be thus regarded as functional components of bio-active molecules or materials and represent an
expansion of the renewable chemical space. This perspective highlights the most recent developments
and opportunities for the synthesis of secondary biomass derived building blocks and their application to
the preparation of value added products.
Domaines
Matériaux
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