title: Chemoselective catalytic conversion of glycerol as a biorenewable source to valuable commodity chemicals.
abstract: New opportunities for the conversion of glycerol into value-added chemicals have emerged in recent years as a result of glycerol's unique structure, properties, bioavailability, and renewability. Glycerol is currently produced in large amounts during the transesterification of fatty acids into biodiesel and as such represents a useful by-product. This paper provides a comprehensive review and critical analysis on the different reaction pathways for catalytic conversion of glycerol into commodity chemicals, including selective oxidation, selective hydrogenolysis, selective dehydration, pyrolysis and gasification, steam reforming, thermal reduction into syngas, selective transesterification, selective etherification, oligomerization and polymerization, and conversion of glycerol into glycerol carbonate.
authors.affiliation: Advanced Materials & Catalytic Conversions for Renewable Feedstocks Research Group, School of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310032, P. R. China. catalysis8@yahoo.com.cn
authors.forename: Chun-Hui Clayton
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Jorge N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Beltramini
authors.forename: Yong-Xian
authors.initials: YX
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.forename: G Q Max
authors.initials: GQ
authors.lastname: Lu
mesh_terms: D002384:Catalysis; D002617:Chemical Industry; D005990:Glycerol / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D006859:Hydrogen / Q000737:chemistry; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction
chemical_list: D006859:Hydrogen; D005990:Glycerol