Abstract
This disclosure relates to compositions and methods for converting biomass to various chemical intermediates and final products including fuels. Aspects include the depolymerization of lignin, cellulose, and hemicellulose to a wide slate of depolymerization compounds that can be subsequently metabolized by genetically modified bacterium, and converted to cis,cis-muconic acid. Other aspects include the use of monometallic catalysts for converting the cis,cis-muconic acid to commodity chemicals and fuels, for example adipic acid and/or nylon.
| Original language | American English |
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| Patent number | 10,017,792 B2 |
| Filing date | 10/07/18 |
| State | Published - 2018 |
NREL Publication Number
- NREL/PT-2A00-72001
Keywords
- biomass
- commodity chemicals
- depolymerization compounds
- depolymerization of lignin
- fuels
- hemicellulose
- monometallic catalysts