Facile Single-Step Conversion of Macroalgal Polymeric Carbohydrates into Biofuels

Red macroalgae‐derived agar is a renewable and sustainable resource. For the synthesis of HMF under solid Brønsted acid conditions, agar shows a unique reaction pattern and affords higher yields than land plant‐based polymeric carbohydrates. Agar can be directly converted into next‐generation biofue...

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Published inChemSusChem Vol. 3; no. 11; pp. 1273 - 1275
Main Authors Kim, Bora, Jeong, Jaewon, Shin, Seunghan, Lee, Dohoon, Kim, Sangyong, Yoon, Hyo-Jin, Cho, Jin Ku
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Weinheim WILEY-VCH Verlag 22.11.2010
WILEY‐VCH Verlag
Subjects
agar
Biofuels
biomass
Carbohydrates - chemistry
Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry
Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
polymers
Polymers - chemistry
renewable resources
Seaweed - chemistry
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Summary:Red macroalgae‐derived agar is a renewable and sustainable resource. For the synthesis of HMF under solid Brønsted acid conditions, agar shows a unique reaction pattern and affords higher yields than land plant‐based polymeric carbohydrates. Agar can be directly converted into next‐generation biofuels by one‐pot reactions and readily isolated by using a general workup procedure, which is crucial for a large‐scale process.
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ISSN:1864-5631
1864-564X
DOI:10.1002/cssc.201000192