Production of renewable oleo-furan surfactants by cross-ketonization of biomass-derived furoic acid and fatty acids
Hannah Nguyen, Yunzhu Wang, David Moglia, Jiayi Fu, Weiqing Zheng, Marat Orazov, Dionisios G. Vlachos
Abstract
Production of an oleo-furan surfactant precursor from biomass-derived furoic acid and fatty acid <italic>via</italic> cross-ketonization.
Topics & Concepts
FuranBiomass (ecology)ChemistryFatty acidOrganic chemistryCatalysisPulmonary surfactantBiochemistryBiologyEcologyCatalysis for Biomass ConversionCatalysis and Hydrodesulfurization StudiesBiofuel production and bioconversion