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Top Value Added Chemicals from Biomass:
Volume I: Results of Screening for Potential Candidates from Sugars and Synthesis Gas - 2004

T. Werpy
G. Petersen

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

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Table of Contents

Executive Summary 1
1 Background 3
2 Objective 4
3 Overall Approach 5
4 Initial Screening to the Top 30 6
5 Selected Sugar-derived Chemicals 13
6 Syngas Results - Top Products 17
7 Pathways and Challenges 18
8 Moving Forward 20
9 Top 12 Candidate Summary Bios 21
 

9.1

Four Carbon 1, 4-Diacids (Succinic, Fumaric, and Malic) 22

9.2

2, 5-Furan dicarboxylic acid (FDCA) 26

9.3

3 - Hydroxy propionic acid (3-HPA) 29

9.4

Aspartic acid 31

9.5

Glucaric acid 36

9.6

Glutamic acid 39

9.7

Itaconic acid 42

9.8

Levulinic acid 45

9.9

3-Hydroxybutyrolactone 49

9.10

Glycerol 52

9.11

Sorbitol (Alcohol Sugar of Glucose) 58

9.12

Xylitol/arabinitol (Sugar alcohols from xylose and arabinose) 61

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Catalog of Potential Chemicals and Materials from Biomass 65