Biomass sugars for non-fuel applications /
Biomass-derived sugars provide a rich, renewable feedstock for a diverse range of chemicals, making them a promising and feasible source for the sustainable manufacture of a variety of valuable products. Exploring green sugar-based technologies beyond their applications in fuels, this book provides...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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[Cambridge] :
Royal Society of Chemistry,
[2015]
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| Series: | RSC green chemistry series.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Biomass-derived sugars provide a rich, renewable feedstock for a diverse range of chemicals, making them a promising and feasible source for the sustainable manufacture of a variety of valuable products. Exploring green sugar-based technologies beyond their applications in fuels, this book provides an overview of sugar-based technologies, describing their challenges and opportunities. It covers transformations of sugars into green chemicals in pharmaceuticals, biodegradable polymers and surfactants. A special chapter is dedicated to the conversion of biomass into sugars, which is a crucial step in the sustainable utilization of sugars. The book is a valuable resource for chemists and chemical engineers working to develop greener synthetic routes to chemicals and pharmaceuticals. |
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| Item Description: | Includes index. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| ISBN: | 1523104759 1782622071 9781523104758 9781782622079 |
| DOI: | 10.1039/9781782622079 |