Production of Platform Chemicals from Sustainable Resources

Part I. Production of Sugars

1. Hydrolysis of Lignocellulosic Biomass to Sugars
Lei Qin, Wen-Chao Li, Jia-Qing Zhu, Bing-Zhi Li, Ying-Jin Yuan

Part II. Production of Aldehydes

2. Sustainable Catalytic Strategies for C5-Sugars and Biomass Hemicellulose Conversion Towards Furfural Production
Andre M. Costa Lopes, Ana Rita C. Morais, Rafał M. Łukasik

3. Catalytic Production of 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural from Biomass and Biomass-Derived Sugars
Xinli Tong, Song Xue, Jianli Hu

4. 5-(Halomethyl)furfurals from Biomass and Biomass-Derived Sugars
Mark Mascal

Part III. Production of Acids

5. Levulinic Acid from Biomass: Synthesis and Applications
Buana Girisuta, Hero Jan Heeres

6. Catalytic Aerobic Oxidation of 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) into 2,5-Furandicarboxylic Acid and Its Derivatives
Zehui Zhang, Peng Zhou

7. Production of Glucaric/Gluconic Acid from Biomass by Chemical Processes Using Heterogeneous Catalysts
Ayumu Onda

8. Production of 1,4-Diacids (Succinic, Fumaric, and Malic) from Biomass
Qiang Li, Jianmin Xing

Part IV. Production of Alcohols

9. Production of Sorbitol from Biomass
José R. Ochoa-Gómez, Tomás Roncal

10. Biotechnological Production of Xylitol from Biomass
Felipe Antonio Fernandes Antunes, Júlio César Santos, Mário Antônio Alves Cunha, Larissa Pereira Brumano, Thais Suzane dos Santos Milessi, Ruly Terán-Hilares, Guilherme Fernando Dias Peres, Kelly Johana Dussán Medina, Débora Danielle Virginio Silva, Sai Swaroop Dalli, Swapnil Gaikwad, Silvio Silvério Silva

11. Production of Diols from Biomass
Keiichi Tomishige, Yoshinao Nakagawa, Masazumi Tamura

12. Production of Ethanol from Lignocellulosic Biomass
Antonio D. Moreno, Pablo Alvira, David Ibarra, Elia Tomás-Pejó

Part V. Production of Lactones and Amino Acids

13. Production of γ-Valerolactone from Biomass
Kai Yan, Huixia Luo

14. Production of Amino Acids (L-Glutamic Acid and L-Lysine) from Biomass
Yota Tsuge, Akihiko Kondo

Keywords: Life Sciences, Biochemistry, general, Renewable and Green Energy, Forestry