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Saulnier-Bellemare T, Patience GS. Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Catalysis of Glucose to Lactic Acid and Lactates: A Review. ACS OMEGA 2024; 9:23121-23137. [PMID: 38854556 PMCID: PMC11154925 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.3c10015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2023] [Revised: 05/01/2024] [Accepted: 05/08/2024] [Indexed: 06/11/2024]
Abstract
The current societal demand to replace polymers derived from petroleum with sustainable bioplastics such as polylactic acid (PLA) has motivated industry to commercialize ever-larger facilities for biobased monomers like lactic acid. Even though most of the lactic acid is produced by fermentation, long reaction times and high capital costs compromise the economics and thus limit the appeal of biotechnological processes. Catalytic conversion of hexose from biomass is a burgeoning alternative to fermentation. Here we identify catalysts to convert glucose to lactic acid, along with their proposed mechanisms. High Lewis acidity makes erbium salts among the most active homogeneous catalysts, while solvent coordination with the metal species polarize the substrate, increasing the catalytic activity. For heterogeneous catalysts, Sn-containing bimetallic systems combine the high Lewis acidity of Sn while moderating it with another metal, thus decreasing byproducts. Hierarchical bimetallic Sn-Beta zeolites combine a high number of open sites catalyzing glucose isomerization in the mesoporous regions and the confinement effect assisting fructose retro-aldol in microporous regions, yielding up to 67% lactic acid from glucose. Loss of activity is still an issue for heterogeneous catalysts, mostly due to solvent adsorption on the active sites, coke formation, and metal leaching, which impedes its large scale adoption.
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Kim KH, Jin X, Ji A, Aui A, Mba-Wright M, Yoo CJ, Choi JW, Ha JM, Kim CS, Yoo CG, Choi JW. Catalytic conversion of waste corrugated cardboard into lactic acid using lanthanide triflates. WASTE MANAGEMENT (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2022; 144:41-48. [PMID: 35306464 DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2022.03.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2021] [Revised: 03/02/2022] [Accepted: 03/08/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The efficient strategy for waste conversion and resource recovery is of great interest in the sustainable bioeconomy context. This work reports on the catalytic upcycling of waste corrugated cardboard (WCC) into lactic acid using lanthanide triflates catalysts. WCC, a primary contributor to municipal solid wastes, has been viewed as a feedstock for producing a wide range of renewable products. Hydrothermal conversion of WCC was carried out in the presence of several lanthanide triflates. The reaction with erbium(III) triflate (Er(OTf)3) and ytterbium(III) triflate (Yb(OTf)3) resulted in high lactic acid yields, 65.5 and 64.3 mol%, respectively. In addition, various monomeric phenols were readily obtained as a co-product stream, opening up opportunities in waste management and resource recovery. Finally, technoeconomic analysis was conducted based on the experimental results, which suggests a significant economic benefit of chemocatalytic upcycling of WCC into lactic acid.
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- Kwang Ho Kim
- Clean Energy Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul 02792, Republic of Korea; Department of Wood Science, University of British Columbia, 2424 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada.
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- Graduate School of International Agricultural Technology, Seoul National University, Pyeongchang 25354, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50010, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50010, USA
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- Clean Energy Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul 02792, Republic of Korea
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- Clean Energy Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul 02792, Republic of Korea
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- Clean Energy Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul 02792, Republic of Korea
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- Clean Energy Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul 02792, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA; The Michael M. Szwarc Polymer Research Institute, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA
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- Graduate School of International Agricultural Technology, Seoul National University, Pyeongchang 25354, Republic of Korea
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Dong W, Ou M, Qu D, Shi X, Guo M, Liu G, Wang S, Wang F, Chen Y. Rare‐Earth Metal Yttrium‐Modified Composite Metal Oxide Catalysts for High Selectivity Synthesis of Biomass‐Derived Lactic Acid from Cellulose. ChemCatChem 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/cctc.202200265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Wendi Dong
- Nanjing University of Technology - Jiangpu Campus: Nanjing Tech University College of Chemical Engineering CHINA
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- Nanjing Tech University School of Energy Science and Engineering CHINA
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- Nanjing Tech University Collage of Chemical Engineering CHINA
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- Nanjing Tech University School of Energy Science and Engineering CHINA
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- University of Helsinki: Helsingin Yliopisto Deparment of Chemistry CHINA
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- Nanjing Tech University School of Energy Science and Engineering CHINA
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- Nanjing Tech University College of Chemical Engineering CHINA
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- Nanjing Tech University School of Energy Science and Engineering NO.30 Puzhu Road(S),Nanjing,China 211816 Nanjing CHINA
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- Nanjing Tech University School of Energy Science and Engineering CHINA
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Wu J, Kim KH, Jeong K, Kim D, Kim CS, Ha JM, Chandra RP, Saddler JN. The production of lactic acid from chemi-thermomechanical pulps using a chemo-catalytic approach. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2021; 324:124664. [PMID: 33454446 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2021.124664] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2020] [Revised: 12/30/2020] [Accepted: 12/31/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
Abstract
Previous work has shown that sulfonation and oxidation of chemi-thermomechanical pulps (CTMPs) significantly enhanced enzyme accessibility to cellulose while recovering the majority of carbohydrates in the water-insoluble component. In the work reported here, modified (sulfonated and oxidized) CTMPs derived from hard-and-softwoods were used to produce a DL-mix of lactic acid via a chemo-catalytic approach using lanthanide triflate (Ln (OTf)3) catalysts (Ln = La, Nd, Er, and Yb). It was apparent that sulfonation and oxidation of chemi-thermomechanical pulps (CTMPs) also enhanced Ln(OTf)3 catalyst accessibility to the carbohydrate components of the pulps, with the Er(OTf)3 catalysts resulting in significant lactic acid production. Under optimum conditions (250 °C, 60 min, 0.5 mmol catalyst g-1 biomass), 72% and 67% of the respective total carbohydrate present in the hard-and-softwood CTMPs could be converted to lactic acid compared to the respective 59% and 51% yields obtained after energy-intensive ball milling.
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- Jie Wu
- Forest Product Biotechnology/Bioenergy Group, Department of Wood Science, Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia, 2424 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1 Z4, Canada
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- Clean Energy Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul 02792, Republic of Korea; Department of Wood Science, Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia, 2424 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1 Z4, Canada
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- Department of Physics and Chemistry, Korea Military Academy, Seoul 01805, South Korea
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- Department of Physics and Chemistry, Korea Military Academy, Seoul 01805, South Korea
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- Clean Energy Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul 02792, Republic of Korea
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- Clean Energy Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul 02792, Republic of Korea
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- Forest Product Biotechnology/Bioenergy Group, Department of Wood Science, Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia, 2424 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1 Z4, Canada
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- Forest Product Biotechnology/Bioenergy Group, Department of Wood Science, Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia, 2424 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1 Z4, Canada.
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