Catalytic Processes for The Valorisation of Biomass Derived Molecules

Dear Colleagues,

In the last decades, industrial chemistry is changing its fossil nature into a new green and sustainable identity by using renewable resources for the sustainable production of building blocks and materials. To this regard, inedible lignocellulosic biomasses have attracted a lot of attention being abundand resources that are not in competition with agricultural land and food production and, therefore, can be used as starting renewable material for the production of a wide variety of platform chemicals. The three main components of lignocellulosic biomasses are cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin, complex biopolymers that can be converted into a pool of platform molecules including sugars, polyols, alchols, ketons, ethers, acids and aromatics. A lot of technologies have been explored for their one-pot conversion into chemicals, fuels and materials. However, in order to develop new catalytic processes for the selective production of desired products, a complete understanding of the molecular aspects of the basic chemistry and reactivity of biomass derived molecules is still crucial. This Special Issue aims to cover recent progress and advances in both reductive and oxidative valorization of cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin model molecules promoted by novel heterogeneous catalysts. In this framework, theoretical and computational models on reaction pawtways leading to a target product and the interactions between reactants and catalyst surface will be important subjects for this Special Issue.

Dr. Francesco Mauriello
Prof. Dr. Signorino Galvagno
Dr. Claudia Espro
Guest Editors

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