Green Chemistry · 2014 · 91 citations · 32 references
Life SciencesChemical EngineeringChemistryBiochemical EngineeringMetabolismFatty Acid ChemistryFatty Acid MetabolismFatty Acid OxidationFatty Acid SynthesisLipid MetabolismTriglyceride MetabolismAcrolein FormationGlycerolipid BiosynthesisGlycerolipid MetabolismGlycerolipid SynthesisLife Cycle StrategiesTransesterificationTransesterification ReactionsTriglyceride Synthesis
Three synthetic routes to obtain acrolein are compared, from a life cycle point of view: one by propylene oxidation and two by the dehydration of glycerol, obtained as a co-product either in triglyceride transesterification to FAME or in hydrolysis to fatty acids.
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Improved utilisation of renewable resources: New important derivatives of glycerol
Arno Behr, Jens Eilting, Ken Irawadi et al. · Green Chemistry · 2007 · 1.3K citations