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A General Strategy for the Design of New Solid Catalysts for Environmentally Benign Conversions

Solid Catalysts for Benign Conversions

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After first outlining in qualitative terms progress made in predicting and modelling solids in general, a brief account is given of the substantial progress made in enumerating hypothetical open structures based on 4-coordinantion, some of which will possibly play a role in the catalytic conversion of carbohydrates that figure eminently in renewable feedstocks. Specifically, in outlining trends in processing renewable organic species, attention is paid to (i) converting starch into potentially important new fuels; (ii) the catalytic dehydration of bio-ethanol to yield ethylene; and (iii) catalytically assisted modifications that can be made to bio-glycerol, especially via oxidation. Finally, progress made in a general strategy for the design of new catalysts is outlined, and a tabulation given of a dozen or so examples that have high commercial significance.

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  1. It has been proposed by Horváth et al. [30] that γ-valerolactone, in view of its general chemical and physical properties, could function in future as a sustainable liquid for the production of energy and carbon-based chemicals. It is not clear, however, how easy it is going to be to produce large quantities of this material for the clean technology that one desires.

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Acknowledgments

We thank Dr R. Raja for his help in compiling Table 1. J.C. H.G. thanks the European Union for financial support under the Framework 6 program for an Integrated Infrastructure Initiative (Ref.:026019 ESTEEM).

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    John Meurig Thomas & Juan Carlos Hernandez-Garrido

  2. Department of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London, WC1H OAJ, UK

    Robert G. Bell

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Thomas, J.M., Hernandez-Garrido, J.C. & Bell, R.G. A General Strategy for the Design of New Solid Catalysts for Environmentally Benign Conversions. Top Catal 52, 1630–1639 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11244-009-9302-5

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