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The Future of Glycerol

Book by Mario Pagliaro and Michele Rossi
RSC Publishing, Cambridge, 2010
ISBN: 9781849730464
Format: Hardback and eBook
Extent: 170 pages + XV, heavily illustrated, in color and grey tones

Read the review of Franck Dumeignil and co-workers in ChemSusChem
"We strongly recommend this book...for managers with chemical background but also for scientists who are new in the field of glycerol valorization".

This highly anticipated 2nd Edition depicts how practical limitations posed by glycerol chemistry are solved based on the understanding of the fundamental chemistry of glycerol and by application of catalysis science and technology.

Table of Contents

1. Preface
2. Acknowledgements
3. Properties of Glycerol
   • Properties of Glycerol
   • Traditional Commercial Applications
   • Production of Bioglycerol and Commercial Trends
   • Glycerol as Solvent in Organic Reactions
   • Bioglycerol Purification
   • References
4. Reforming
   • Glycerol as a Platform for Green Fuels
   • Production of Hydrogen via Aqueous Phase Reforming
   • Production of Hydrocarbon Fuels via Aqueous Phase Reforming
   • Industrial Applications
   • References
5. Selective Reduction
   • Reduction of Glycerol
   • Hydrogenolysis to Propylene Glycol
   • Dehydroxylation to 1,3 Propanediol
   • Biological Reduction to 1,3 Propanediol
   • Commercial Applications
   • References
6. Halogenation
   • Chlorination of Glycerol
   • Production of Epichlorohydrin
   • Industrial Applications
   • References
7. Dehydration
   • Dehydration of Glycerol
   • Dehydration to Acrolein
   • Propane from Acrolein
   • Oxydehydration to Acrylic Acid
   • Dehydration to 3-Hydroxypropionaldehyde
   • Industrial Applications
   • References
8. Etherification and Telomerization
   • Etherification of Glycerol
   • Butylation of glycerol to tert-butyl ethers
   • Direct Telomerization and Etherification over CaO
   • Polymerization to Polyglycerol
   • Glycosylation to Glucosyl Glycerol
   • Industrial Applications
9. Esterification
   • Esterification of Glycerol
   • Esterification with Carboxylic Acids and Glycerolysis
   • Carboxylation to Glycerol Carbonate
   • Nitration
   • Industrial Applications
   • References
10. Selective Oxidation
    • Selective Oxidation of Glycerol
    • Thermodynamic and Kinetic Aspects of the Aerobic C-OH Oxidation
    • Platinum Group Metals Catalysis
    • Gold and Organocatalysis
    • Oxidation Using an Iron Catalyst
    • Electrochemical Oxidation
    • Biological Oxidation
    • References
11. Bioglycerol in the Construction Industry
    • Polyols as Additives for Cement
    • Glycerol as Anticracking and Waterproofing Agent
    • Raw Glycerol as Quality Enhancer and Grinding Aid
    • Bioglycerol as Anticorrosive Lubricant
    • References
12. Sustainability of Bioglycerol
    • Biofuels: A Triple Bottom Line Analysis
    • Bioglycerol Economics
    • Glycerol: A Platform Chemical for the Biorefinery
    • References
13. Index

The Future of Glycerol: New Usages for a Versatile Raw Material

Book by Mario Pagliaro and Michele Rossi
RSC Publishing, Cambridge, 2008
ISBN: 9780854041244
Format: Hardback
Extent: 144 pages + XV, heavily illustrated, in color and grey tones

Authors

Michele Rossi held a chair of inorganic chemistry at the University of Milan until 2010. He graduated in industrial chemistry at the University of Milan in 1963 at Professor Malatesta's school. In 1974 he became Professor of inorganic chemistry at the University of Bari and in 1988 he returned to Milan. His research, documented in more than 150 papers and several patents, is focused on metal-based catalysis and has led to important results in the activation of small molecules for catalytic applications and to the discovery of nitrogen fixation.

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