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From Glycerol to Value-Added Products

  1. Mario Pagliaro Dr.1,
  2. Rosaria Ciriminna Dr.2,
  3. Hiroshi Kimura Dr.4,
  4. Michele Rossi Prof.3,
  5. Cristina Della Pina Dr.3

Article first published online: 30 APR 2007

DOI: 10.1002/anie.200604694

Issue

Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Volume 46, Issue 24, pages 4434–4440, June 11, 2007

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How to Cite

Pagliaro, M., Ciriminna, R., Kimura, H., Rossi, M. and Della Pina, C. (2007), From Glycerol to Value-Added Products. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 46: 4434–4440. doi: 10.1002/anie.200604694

Author Information

  1. 1

    Institute for Scientific Methodology, and Istituto per lo Studio dei Materiali Nanostrutturati, CNR via Ugo La Malfa 153, 90146 Palermo, Italy, Fax: (+39) 091-680-9247

  2. 2

    Istituto per lo Studio dei Materiali Nanostrutturati, CNR via Ugo La Malfa 153, 90146 Palermo, Italy

  3. 3

    Dipartimento di Chimica Inorganica, Università degli Studi via Venezian 21, 20133 Milano, Italy

  4. 4

    Kokura Synthetic Industries, Ltd. 1-4-8 Higashi Minato, Kokura-Kita-ku, 803-0802 Kita-Kyushu-City, Japan

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 31 MAY 2007
  2. Article first published online: 30 APR 2007
  3. Manuscript Received: 17 NOV 2006

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  • Quality College del CNR

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Keywords:

  • biofuels;
  • biomass;
  • glycerol;
  • oxidation

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Getting value from glycerol: Over the past 60 years, glycerol (1,2,3-propanetriol) has gone from being a key industrial chemical that faced shortage to a by-product that is formed in surplus during biodiesel production. Recent developments in its applications and its conversion into value-added chemicals highlight the importance of glycerol as a key raw material in biorefineries of the future.

Abstract

Today, industrial plants that produce glycerol are closing down and others are opening that use glycerol as a raw material, owing to the large surplus of glycerol formed as a by-product during the production of biodiesel. Research efforts to find new applications of glycerol as a low-cost feedstock for functional derivatives have led to the introduction of a number of selective processes for converting glycerol into commercially valued products. This Minireview describes a selection of such achievements and shows how glycerol will be a central raw material in future chemical industries.

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