‘Ultraselective’ process to make valuable chemical from biomass
'Ultraselective' process to make valuable chemical from biomass - Chemical engineers have discovered a new chemical process to make p-xylene, an important ingredient of plastics for products such as soda bottles and packaging, at 90 percent yield from lignocellulosic biomass, the highest yield achieved to date.(10.1039/C3GC40740C)
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