Top Value Added Chemicals from Biomass: Volume I -- Results of Screening for Potential Candidates from Sugars and Synthesis Gas

Technical Report · Sun Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 2004

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/15008859· OSTI ID:15008859

Werpy, T; Petersen, G

This report identifies twelve building block chemicals that can be produced from sugars via biological or chemical conversions. The twelve building blocks can be subsequently converted to a number of high-value bio-based chemicals or materials. Building block chemicals, as considered for this analysis, are molecules with multiple functional groups that possess the potential to be transformed into new families of useful molecules. The twelve sugar-based building blocks are 1,4-diacids (succinic, fumaric and malic), 2,5-furan dicarboxylic acid, 3-hydroxy propionic acid, aspartic acid, glucaric acid, glutamic acid, itaconic acid, levulinic acid, 3-hydroxybutyrolactone, glycerol, sorbitol, and xylitol/arabinitol.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Lab., Golden, CO (US)
• Sponsoring Organization: US Department of Energy (US)
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-99GO10337
• OSTI ID: 15008859
• Report Number(s): DOE/GO-102004-1992
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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09 BIOMASS FUELS
10 SYNTHETIC FUELS
32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
ALTERNATIVE FUELS
ASPARTIC ACID
BIOFUELS
BIOMASS
BIOPRODUCTS
BIOREFINERIES
CHEMICALS
DICARBOXYLIC ACIDS
ETHANOL
FUELS
FUNCTIONALS
GASIFICATION
GLUTAMIC ACID
GLYCEROL
ITACONIC ACID
LEVULINIC ACID
PLATFORM CHEMICALS
PROPIONIC ACID
SACCHARIDES
SORBITOL
SUGARS
SYNGAS
SYNTHESIS GAS
SYNTHETIC FUELS