TY - JOUR
T1 - Microwave-Assisted Conversion of Carbohydrates
AU - Kustov, Leonid M.
AU - Kustov, Alexander L.
AU - Salmi, Tapio
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors acknowledge the financial support of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, Project No. 075-15-2021-978 (13.2251.21.0070).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
PY - 2022/2
Y1 - 2022/2
N2 - Catalytic conversion of carbohydrates into value-added products and platform chemicals became a trend in recent years. Microwave activation used in the processes of carbohydrate conversion coupled with the proper choice of catalysts makes it possible to enhance dramatically the efficiency and sometimes the selectivity of catalysts. This mini-review presents a brief literature survey related to state-of-the-art methods developed recently by the world research community to solve the problem of rational conversion of carbohydrates, mostly produced from natural resources and wastes (forestry and agriculture wastes) including production of hydrogen, synthesis gas, furanics, and alcohols. The focus is made on microwave technologies used for processing carbohydrates. Of particular interest is the use of heterogeneous catalysts and hybrid materials in processing carbohydrates.
AB - Catalytic conversion of carbohydrates into value-added products and platform chemicals became a trend in recent years. Microwave activation used in the processes of carbohydrate conversion coupled with the proper choice of catalysts makes it possible to enhance dramatically the efficiency and sometimes the selectivity of catalysts. This mini-review presents a brief literature survey related to state-of-the-art methods developed recently by the world research community to solve the problem of rational conversion of carbohydrates, mostly produced from natural resources and wastes (forestry and agriculture wastes) including production of hydrogen, synthesis gas, furanics, and alcohols. The focus is made on microwave technologies used for processing carbohydrates. Of particular interest is the use of heterogeneous catalysts and hybrid materials in processing carbohydrates.
KW - 5-hydroxymethylfurfural
KW - Alcohols
KW - Carbohydrate wastes
KW - Catalysis
KW - Microwave irradiation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85125192664&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3390/molecules27051472
DO - 10.3390/molecules27051472
M3 - Review Article or Literature Review
AN - SCOPUS:85125192664
SN - 1420-3049
VL - 27
JO - Molecules
JF - Molecules
IS - 5
M1 - 1472
ER -