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Lin HH, Mendez‐Perez D, Park J, Wang X, Cheng Y, Huo J, Mukhopadhyay A, Lee TS, Shanks BH. Precursor prioritization for p-cymene production through synergistic integration of biology and chemistry. BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR BIOFUELS AND BIOPRODUCTS 2022; 15:126. [PMCID: PMC9670573 DOI: 10.1186/s13068-022-02226-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2022] [Accepted: 10/02/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The strategy of synergistic application of biological and chemical catalysis is an important approach for efficiently converting renewable biomass into chemicals and fuels. In particular, the method of determining the appropriate intermediate between the two catalytic methods is critical. In this work, we demonstrate p-cymene production through the integration of biosynthesis and heterogenous catalysis and show how a preferred biologically derived precursor could be determined. On the biological side, we performed the limonene and 1,8-cineole production through the mevalonate pathway. Titers of 0.605 g/L and a 1.052 g/L were achieved, respectively. This difference is in agreement with the toxicity of these compounds toward the producing microorganisms, which has implications for subsequent development of the microbial platform. On the heterogeneous catalysis side, we performed the reaction with both biological precursors to allow for direct comparison. Using hydrogenation/dehydrogenation metals on supports with acid sites, both limonene and 1,8-cineole were converted to p-cymene with similar yields under equivalent reaction conditions. Thus, we could determine that the most promising strategy would be to target 1,8-cineole, the higher titer and lower toxicity bio-derived precursor with subsequent catalytic conversion to p-cymene. We further optimized the biological production of 1,8-cineole via fed-batch fermentation and reached the titer of 4.37 g/L which is the highest known 1,8-cineole titer from microbial production. This work provides a valuable paradigm for early stage considerations to determine the best route for the high-efficiency production of a target biobased molecule using an integration of biology and chemistry.
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- Hsi-Hsin Lin
- grid.34421.300000 0004 1936 7312Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011 USA ,grid.34421.300000 0004 1936 7312Center for Biorenewable Chemicals (CBiRC), Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011 USA ,grid.451372.60000 0004 0407 8980Joint BioEnergy Institute, 5885 Hollis Street, Emeryville, CA 94608 USA
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- grid.451372.60000 0004 0407 8980Joint BioEnergy Institute, 5885 Hollis Street, Emeryville, CA 94608 USA ,grid.184769.50000 0001 2231 4551Biological Systems & Engineering Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
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- grid.451372.60000 0004 0407 8980Joint BioEnergy Institute, 5885 Hollis Street, Emeryville, CA 94608 USA ,grid.47840.3f0000 0001 2181 7878Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
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- grid.451372.60000 0004 0407 8980Joint BioEnergy Institute, 5885 Hollis Street, Emeryville, CA 94608 USA ,grid.184769.50000 0001 2231 4551Biological Systems & Engineering Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
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- grid.34421.300000 0004 1936 7312Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011 USA ,grid.34421.300000 0004 1936 7312Center for Biorenewable Chemicals (CBiRC), Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011 USA
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- grid.34421.300000 0004 1936 7312Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011 USA ,grid.34421.300000 0004 1936 7312Center for Biorenewable Chemicals (CBiRC), Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011 USA
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- grid.451372.60000 0004 0407 8980Joint BioEnergy Institute, 5885 Hollis Street, Emeryville, CA 94608 USA ,grid.184769.50000 0001 2231 4551Biological Systems & Engineering Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
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- grid.451372.60000 0004 0407 8980Joint BioEnergy Institute, 5885 Hollis Street, Emeryville, CA 94608 USA ,grid.184769.50000 0001 2231 4551Biological Systems & Engineering Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
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- grid.34421.300000 0004 1936 7312Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011 USA ,grid.34421.300000 0004 1936 7312Center for Biorenewable Chemicals (CBiRC), Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011 USA ,grid.451372.60000 0004 0407 8980Joint BioEnergy Institute, 5885 Hollis Street, Emeryville, CA 94608 USA
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Zhang E, Wu YC, Shao H, Klimavicius V, Zhang H, Taberna PL, Grothe J, Buntkowsky G, Xu F, Simon P, Kaskel S. Unraveling the Capacitive Charge Storage Mechanism of Nitrogen-Doped Porous Carbons by EQCM and ssNMR. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:14217-14225. [PMID: 35914237 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c04841] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Fundamental understanding of ion electroadsorption processes in porous electrodes on a molecular level provides important guidelines for next-generation energy storage devices like electric double layer capacitors (EDLCs). Porous carbons functionalized by heteroatoms show enhanced capacitive performance, but the underlying mechanism is still elusive, due to the lack of reliable tools to precisely identify multiple N species and establish clear structure property relations. Here, we use advanced analytical techniques such as low-temperature solid-state NMR (ssNMR) and electrochemical quartz crystal microbalance (EQCM) to relate the complex nitrogen functionalities to the charging mechanisms and capacitive performance. For the first time, it is demonstrated at a molecular level that N-doping strongly influences the electroadsorption mechanism in EDLCs. Without N-doping, anion (SO42-) adsorption-desorption dominates the charging mechanism, whereas after doping, Li+ electroadsorption plays a key role. With the help of EQCM, it is demonstrated that SO42- is strongly immobilized on the N-doped surface, leaving Li+ as the main charge carrier. The smaller size and higher concentration of Li+ compared to SO42- benefit a higher capacitance. Amine/amide N is responsible for high capacitance, but surprisingly the pyridinic, pyrrolic, and graphitic N groups have no significant influence. 2D 1H-15N NMR spectroscopy indicates that the conversion from pyridinium to pyrrolic N gives rise to a slightly decreased capacitance. This work not only demonstrates ssNMR as a powerful tool for surface chemistry characterization of electrode materials but also uncovers the related charging mechanism by EQCM, paving the way toward a comprehensive picture of EDLC chemistry.
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- En Zhang
- Inorganic Chemistry I, Technische Universität Dresden, Bergstraße 66, Dresden 01069, Germany
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- Université Paul Sabatier, CIRIMAT UMR CNRS 5085, Toulouse 31062, France.,Réseau sur le Stockage Electrochimique de l'Energie (RS2E), FR CNRS 3459, Amiens 80039, France
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- Université Paul Sabatier, CIRIMAT UMR CNRS 5085, Toulouse 31062, France.,Réseau sur le Stockage Electrochimique de l'Energie (RS2E), FR CNRS 3459, Amiens 80039, France
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- Institute of Chemical Physics, Vilnius University, Sauletekio av. 3, Vilnius LT-10257, Lithuania.,Eduard-Zintl-Institute for Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, Technical University Darmstadt, Alarich-Weiss-Straße 8, Darmstadt 64287, Germany
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- Inorganic Chemistry I, Technische Universität Dresden, Bergstraße 66, Dresden 01069, Germany
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- Inorganic Chemistry I, Technische Universität Dresden, Bergstraße 66, Dresden 01069, Germany
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- Eduard-Zintl-Institute for Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, Technical University Darmstadt, Alarich-Weiss-Straße 8, Darmstadt 64287, Germany
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- Inorganic Chemistry I, Technische Universität Dresden, Bergstraße 66, Dresden 01069, Germany
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- Université Paul Sabatier, CIRIMAT UMR CNRS 5085, Toulouse 31062, France.,Réseau sur le Stockage Electrochimique de l'Energie (RS2E), FR CNRS 3459, Amiens 80039, France
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- Inorganic Chemistry I, Technische Universität Dresden, Bergstraße 66, Dresden 01069, Germany.,Fraunhofer Institute for Material and Beam Technology (IWS), Winterbergstraße 28, Dresden 01277, Germany
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Shivhare A, Kumar A, Srivastava R. The Size‐Dependent Catalytic Performances of Supported Metal Nanoparticles and Single Atoms for the Upgrading of Biomass‐Derived 5‐Hydroxymethylfurfural, Furfural, and Levulinic acid. ChemCatChem 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/cctc.202101423] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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- Atal Shivhare
- Catalysis Research Laboratory Department of Chemistry IIT Ropar Rupnagar Punjab-140001 India
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- Catalysis Research Laboratory Department of Chemistry IIT Ropar Rupnagar Punjab-140001 India
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- Catalysis Research Laboratory Department of Chemistry IIT Ropar Rupnagar Punjab-140001 India
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Huo J, Tessonnier JP, Shanks BH. Improving Hydrothermal Stability of Supported Metal Catalysts for Biomass Conversions: A Review. ACS Catal 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.1c00197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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- Jiajie Huo
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, United States
- Center for Biorenewable Chemicals, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, United States
- Center for Biorenewable Chemicals, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, United States
- Center for Biorenewable Chemicals, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, United States
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Effects of nitrogen-containing functional groups of reduced graphene oxide as a support for Pd in selective hydrogenation of cinnamaldehyde. RESEARCH ON CHEMICAL INTERMEDIATES 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s11164-020-04372-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Catalytic cleavage of strong bonds including hydrogen-hydrogen, carbon-oxygen, and carbon-hydrogen bonds is a highly desired yet challenging fundamental transformation for the production of chemicals and fuels. Transition metal-containing catalysts are employed, although accompanied with poor selectivity in hydrotreatment. Here we report metal-free nitrogen-assembly carbons (NACs) with closely-placed graphitic nitrogen as active sites, achieving dihydrogen dissociation and subsequent transformation of oxygenates. NACs exhibit high selectivity towards alkylarenes for hydrogenolysis of aryl ethers as model bio-oxygenates without over-hydrogeneration of arenes. Activities originate from cooperating graphitic nitrogen dopants induced by the diamine precursors, as demonstrated in mechanistic and computational studies. We further show that the NAC catalyst is versatile for dehydrogenation of ethylbenzene and tetrahydroquinoline as well as for hydrogenation of common unsaturated functionalities, including ketone, alkene, alkyne, and nitro groups. The discovery of nitrogen assembly as active sites can open up broad opportunities for rational design of new metal-free catalysts for challenging chemical reactions. Metal-free catalysts can offer uniquely different activity and selectivity from transition metal-based counterparts. Here, the authors report metal-free nitrogen-assembly carbon with closely-placed nitrogen as active sites, achieving catalytic cleavage of strong bonds including H-H, C-O and C-H.
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Yuan S, Duan P, Berthier DL, León G, Sommer H, Saint-Laumer JYD, Schmidt-Rohr K. Multinuclear solid-state NMR of complex nitrogen-rich polymeric microcapsules: Weight fractions, spectral editing, component mixing, and persistent radicals. SOLID STATE NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE 2020; 106:101650. [PMID: 32044558 DOI: 10.1016/j.ssnmr.2020.101650] [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: 11/10/2019] [Revised: 01/22/2020] [Accepted: 01/22/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The molecular structure of a crosslinked nitrogen-rich resin made from melamine, urea, and aldehydes, and of microcapsules made from the reactive resin with multiple polymeric components in aqueous dispersion, has been analyzed by 13C, 13C{1H}, 1H-13C, 1H, 13C{14N}, and 15N solid-state NMR without isotopic enrichment. Quantitative 13C NMR spectra of the microcapsules and three precursor materials enable determination of the fractions of different components. Spectral editing of non-protonated carbons by recoupled dipolar dephasing, of CH by dipolar DEPT, and of C-N by 13C{14N} SPIDER resolves peak overlap and helps with peak assignment. It reveals that the N- and O-rich resin "imitates" the spectrum of polysaccharides such as chitin, cellulose, or Ambergum to an astonishing degree. 15N NMR can distinguish melamine from urea and guanazole, NC=O from COO, and primary from secondary amines. Such a comprehensive and quantitative analysis enables prediction of the elemental composition of the resin, to be compared with combustion analysis for validation. It also provides a reliable reference for iterative simulations of 13C NMR spectra from structural models. The conversion from quantitative NMR peak areas of structural components to the weight fractions of interest in industrial practice is derived and demonstrated. Upon microcapsule formation, 15N and 13C NMR consistently show loss of urea and aldehyde and an increase in primary amines while melamine is retained. NMR also made unexpected findings, such as imbedded crystallites in one of the resins, as well as persistent radicals in the microcapsules. The crystallites produce distinct sharp lines and are distinguished from liquid-like components by their strong dipolar couplings, resulting in fast dipolar dephasing. Fast 1H spin-lattice relaxation on the 35-ms time scale and characteristically non-exponential 13C spin-lattice relaxation indicate persistent radicals, confirmed by EPR. Through 1H spin diffusion, the mixing of components on the 5-nm scale was documented.
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- Shichen Yuan
- Department of Chemistry, Brandeis University, 415 South Street, Waltham, MA, 02453, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Brandeis University, 415 South Street, Waltham, MA, 02453, USA
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- Firmenich SA, Corporate Research Division, 1 Routes des Jeunes, 1211, Genève 8, Switzerland
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- Firmenich SA, Corporate Research Division, 1 Routes des Jeunes, 1211, Genève 8, Switzerland
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- Firmenich SA, Corporate Research Division, 1 Routes des Jeunes, 1211, Genève 8, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, Brandeis University, 415 South Street, Waltham, MA, 02453, USA.
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Huo J, Shanks BH. Bioprivileged Molecules: Integrating Biological and Chemical Catalysis for Biomass Conversion. Annu Rev Chem Biomol Eng 2020; 11:63-85. [PMID: 32155351 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-chembioeng-101519-121127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Further development of biomass conversions to viable chemicals and fuels will require improved atom utilization, process efficiency, and synergistic allocation of carbon feedstock into diverse products, as is the case in the well-developed petroleum industry. The integration of biological and chemical processes, which harnesses the strength of each type of process, can lead to advantaged processes over processes limited to one or the other. This synergy can be achieved through bioprivileged molecules that can be leveraged to produce a diversity of products, including both replacement molecules and novel molecules with enhanced performance properties. However, important challenges arise in the development of bioprivileged molecules. This review discusses the integration of biological and chemical processes and its use in the development of bioprivileged molecules, with a further focus on key hurdles that must be overcome for successful implementation.
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- Jiajie Huo
- Center for Biorenewable Chemicals and Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA;
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- Center for Biorenewable Chemicals and Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA;
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Huo J, Pham HN, Cheng Y, Lin HH, Roling LT, Datye AK, Shanks BH. Deactivation and regeneration of carbon supported Pt and Ru catalysts in aqueous phase hydrogenation of 2-pentanone. Catal Sci Technol 2020. [DOI: 10.1039/d0cy00163e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Aqueous phase conversion of biomass-derived molecules requires development of catalysts and operating strategies that create viable operation for extended performance as necessitated for industrial applications.
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- Jiajie Huo
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
- Ames
- USA
- Center for Biorenewable Chemicals
- Iowa State University
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- Center for Biorenewable Chemicals
- Iowa State University
- Ames
- USA
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and Center for Microengineered Materials
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
- Ames
- USA
- Center for Biorenewable Chemicals
- Iowa State University
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
- Ames
- USA
- Center for Biorenewable Chemicals
- Iowa State University
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
- Ames
- USA
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- Center for Biorenewable Chemicals
- Iowa State University
- Ames
- USA
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and Center for Microengineered Materials
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
- Ames
- USA
- Center for Biorenewable Chemicals
- Iowa State University
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