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Selective Conversion of Various Monosaccharaides into Sugar Acids by Additive-Free Dehydrogenation in Water
Mollar-Cuni, Andres,Byrne, Joseph P.,Borja, Pilar,Vicent, Cristian,Albrecht, Martin,Mata, Jose A.
, p. 3746 - 3752 (2020/06/01)
Abundant sugars of five and six carbon atoms are promising candidates for the production of valuable platform chemicals. Here, we describe the catalytic dehydrogenation of several pentoses and hexoses into their corresponding sugar acids with the concomitant formation of molecular hydrogen. This biomass transformation is promoted by highly active and selective catalysts based on iridium(III) complexes containing a triazolylidene (trz) as ligand. Monosaccharides are converted into sugar acids in an easy and sustainable manner using only catalyst and water, and in contrast to previously reported procedures, in the absence of any additive. The reaction is therefore very clean, and highly selective, which avoids the tedious purification and product separation. Mechanistic investigations using 1H NMR and UV-vis spectroscopies and ESI mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) indicate the formation of an unprecedented diiridium-hydride as dormant species that correspond to the catalyst resting state.
Upgrading of Biomass Monosaccharides by Immobilized Glucose Dehydrogenase and Xylose Dehydrogenase
Zdarta, Jakub,Pinelo, Manuel,Jesionowski, Teofil,Meyer, Anne S.
, p. 5164 - 5173 (2018/10/25)
Direct upgrading and separation of the monosaccharides from biomass liquors is an overlooked area. In this work we demonstrate enzymatic production of gluconic acid and xylonic acid from glucose and xylose present in pretreated birchwood liquor by glucose dehydrogenase (GDH, EC 1.1.1.47) and xylose dehydrogenase (XDH, EC 1.1.1.175), respectively. The biocatalytic conversions were compared using two different kinds of silica support materials (silica nanoparticles (nanoSiO2) and porous silica particles with hexagonal pores (SBA 15 silica) for enzyme immobilization. Upon immobilization, both enzymes showed significant improvement in their thermal stability and robustness at alkaline pH and exhibited over 50 % activity even at pH 10 and 60 °C on both immobilization matrices. When compared to free enzymes at 45 °C, GDH immobilized on nanoSiO2 and SBA silica displayed a 4.5 and 7.25 fold increase in half-life, respectively, whilst XDH immobilized on nanoSiO2 and SBA showed a 4.7 and 9.5 fold improvement in half-life, respectively. Additionally, after five reaction cycles both nanoSiO2GDH and nanoSiO2XDH retained more than 40 % activity and GDH and XDH immobilized on SBA silica maintained around 50 % of their initial activity resulting in about 1.5–1.6 fold increase in biocatalytic productivity compared to the free enzymes.
Highly selective photocatalytic oxidation of biomass-derived chemicals to carboxyl compounds over Au/TiO2
Zhou, Baowen,Song, Jinliang,Zhang, Zhanrong,Jiang, Zhiwei,Zhang, Pei,Han, Buxing
, p. 1075 - 1081 (2017/03/17)
Highly selective transformation of biomass-derived chemicals into value-added chemicals is of great importance. In this work, selective photooxidation of various biomass-derived chemicals, including ethanol, glucose, xylose, 2-furaldehyde, 5-hydroxymethyl-2-furfural, and furfuralcohol to the corresponding carboxyl compounds was studied using atmospheric air as the oxidant at ambient temperature. It was found that the reactions could be carried out efficiently over Au nanoparticles (AuNPs) supported on TiO2 (AuNPs/TiO2) under both ultraviolet (UV) and visible light in Na2CO3 aqueous solution. Under the optimized conditions, the selectivities for desired products were higher than 95% for all the reactions. Detailed studies indicated that the surface plasmon resonance of AuNPs and the band-gap photoexcitation of TiO2 were responsible for visible-light-responding and UV-light-responding activities, respectively. Na2CO3 acted as the promoter for the visible-light-induced oxidation and the inhibitor of reactive oxygen species with strong oxidation power under UV light.
