Catalytic Hydrogenation of Glutamic Acid

Technology to convert biomass to chemical building blocks provides an opportunity to displace fossil fuels and increase the economic viability of bio-refineries. Coupling fermentation capability with aqueous phase catalysis provides novel routes to monomers and chemicals, including those not accessi...

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Published in:Applied biochemistry and biotechnology 2004-05, Vol.113-116
Main Authors: Holladay, John E., Werpy, Todd A., Muzatko, Danielle S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
02 PETROLEUM
09 BIOMASS FUELS
amino acid
AMINO ACIDS
BIOMASS
CATALYSIS
CYCLIZATION
DEAMINATION
DECARBOXYLATION
ECONOMICS
ENANTIOMORPHS
ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY AND ECONOMY
FERMENTATION
FOSSIL FUELS
GLUTAMIC ACID
HYDROGENATION
MONOMERS
PETROCHEMICALS
reduction
VIABILITY
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Summary:Technology to convert biomass to chemical building blocks provides an opportunity to displace fossil fuels and increase the economic viability of bio-refineries. Coupling fermentation capability with aqueous phase catalysis provides novel routes to monomers and chemicals, including those not accessible from petrochemical routes. Glutamic acid provides a platform to numerous compounds through thermochemical approaches including, hydrogentation, cyclyization, decarboxylation and deamination. Hydrogenation of amino acids also provides access into chiral compounds with high enantio-purity. This paper details aqueous phase hydrogenation reactions we have developed that lead to valuable chemical intermediates from glutamic acid.
ISSN:0273-2289
1559-0291
DOI:10.1007/978-1-59259-837-3_70