Abstract
The high productivity of oil biosynthesized by microalgae has attracted increasing attention in recent years. Due to the application of such oils in jet fuels, the algal biosynthetic pathway toward oil components has been extensively researched. However, the utilization of the residue from algal cells after oil extraction has been overlooked. This residue is mainly composed of carbohydrates (starch), and so we herein describe the novel processes available for the production of useful chemicals from algal biomass-derived sugars. In particular, this review highlights our latest research in generating lactic acid and levulinic acid derivatives from polysaccharides and monosaccharides using homogeneous catalysts. Furthermore, based on previous reports, we discuss the potential of heterogeneous catalysts for application in such processes.
Highlights
Many important chemicals and end products are produced from fossil fuels
In thisInreview, we examine thethe chemical of algal algalcarbohydrates carbohydrates into alkyl lactate and alkyl levulinate
We focus on the utilization of algal biomass, especially algal residue to produce methyl lactate and residue to produce methyl lactate and methyl levulinate
Summary
Many important chemicals and end products are produced from fossil fuels. For example, petroleum is widely used to produce gasoline, heating oil, and raw materials for plastics. The importance of algal algal-derived oil oil resources has has unlikesuch cellulose, the utilization present in cells after extraction recently been highlighted by applications of the obtained oil as biojet fuel and biodiesel [12,13,14,15,16,17]. Table and 1 shows the typical carbohydrate in green a high(aproductivity of both oil and carbohydrates, with the majority of the latter being in the form health food) and Chlamydomonas reinhardtii (often employed in basic research) These algae have a of starchhigh andproductivity glucose. We focus on the utilization of algal biomass, especially algal residue (which is commonly discarded after the abstraction of oil) to produce methyl lactate and residue (which is commonly discarded after the abstraction of oil) to produce methyl lactate and methyl levulinate To put these results into a practical context, we discuss the development methyl.
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