Chemical Engineers Discover 'Ultraselective' Process to Make Valuable Chemical from Biomass
Tuesday, May 28, 2013 - 11:00
in Physics & Chemistry
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. Details are in the current issue of Green Chemistry.