Chemicals and Materials from Renewable Resources

Edited by Joseph J. Bozell

Chemicals and Materials from Renewable Resources

Edited by Joseph J. Bozell

Description

The possibilities surrounding the use of renewable resources for chemical feedstock is well known. What appears to stand between the concept and realization of using renewable resources is technology development. This book examines the roadblocks facing development of renewables, discusses new building blocks and their properties, mechanisms of transformations of biomass polymers into single products, and new methodologies that promise to improve the utility of renewables. The volume also describes new research that addresses the shortcomings renewables currently face.

Chemicals and Materials from Renewable Resources

Edited by Joseph J. Bozell

American Chemical Society

ACS Symposium Series

Preface
1. Chemicals and Materials from Renewable Resources, Joseph J. Bozell
2. Polyhydroxyalkanoates: The Answer to Sustainable Polymer Production, Tillman U. Gerngross
3. The Vision for Renewable Resources, James S. McLaren
4. Synthesis of Aminolevulinic Acid, Luc Moens
5. Levulinate Esters from Biomass Wastes, Edwin S. Olson, Michelle R. Kjelden, Adam J. Schlag, and Ramesh K. Sharma
6. Carbohydrate Diacids: Potential as Commercial Chemicals and Hydrophobic Polyamide Precursors, D. E. Kiely
7. Levoglucosenone: A Chiral Building Block with a New Perspective, Zbigniew J. Witczak
8. New Oligomers and Polymers Bearing Furan Moieties, Claire Coutterez, Cecile Gousse, Rana Gheneim, Sandrine Waig Fang, and Alessandro Gandini
9. Furfural and Levoclusan Production from Deciduous Wood and Agricultural Wastes, janis Gravitis, Nikolay Vedernikov, Janis Zandersons, and Arnis Kokorivics
10. Pretreatment Process to Increase Pyrolytic Yield of of Levoglucosan from Herbaceous Feedstocks, Robert C. Brown, Desmond Radlein, and Jan Piskorz
11. 3-Dehydroshikimic Acid: A Building Block for Chemical Synthesis from Renewable Feedstocks, K.M. Draths, Spiros Kambourakis, Kai Li, J. W. Frost
12. Synthesis and Properties of Polymers Derived from Substituted Lactic Acids, Mao Yin, Tara L. Simmons, and Gregory L. Baker
13. An Integrated Process for the Production of Chemicals from Biologically Derived Succinic Acid, Nhuan Nghiem, brian H. Davison, Mark I. Donnely, Shih-Perng Tsai, and John G. Frye
14. Use of Model Compounds to Study the Reactivity and Cross-Linking of Natural Phenolic, Stephen S. Kelly, Ziang-Ming Wang, Michele D. Myers, and Mark F. Davis
15. Thermoplastic Polyesters from Steam Exploded Wood, Wolfgang G. Glasser and Rajesh K. Jain
Author Index
Subject Index