Platform chemical
Platform chemicals are basic chemicals made from renewable raw materials that are suitable as synthetic building blocks for numerous other chemicals. They are therefore in competition with basic petrochemical chemicals. Important examples of platform chemicals are ethanol , glycerin and furfural .
Demarcation
Platform chemicals are an intermediate stage in the material use of renewable raw materials. As such, they are closely linked to the concept of biorefinery and green chemistry . They are made from the precursors and processed into higher quality chemicals and end products.
It is important for platform chemicals that they can be used as a building block (platform) for many different products. The following diagram shows how numerous different chemical structures can be produced directly and in several steps from furfural.
Major platform chemicals
In 2004, a ranking of carbohydrate- based platform chemicals was published for the first time by the United States Department of Energy and was revised in 2010. Nine criteria were taken into account, such as the review in the specialist literature, the variety of secondary products and the possibility of direct substitution of petrochemical products. The most important connections from the ranking of 2010 can be seen in the gallery:
Individual evidence
- ↑ Entry on platform chemicals. In: Römpp Online . Georg Thieme Verlag, accessed on September 5, 2019.
- ^ A b c Joseph J. Bozell & Gene R. Petersen: Technology development for the production of biobased products from biorefinery carbohydrates — the US Department of Energy's “Top 10” revisited . In: Green Chemistry . tape 12 , no. 4 , 2010, p. 525-728 , doi : 10.1039 / b922014c .
- ↑ Birgit Kamm: Biomass Economy and Biorefinery Systems. LIFIS ONLINE, 2008. / PDF ; Retrieved September 10, 2019. ISSN 1864-6972.
- ↑ T. Werpy, G. Petersen: Top Value Added Chemicals from Biomass. Volume I - Results of Screening for Potential Candidates from Sugars and Synthesis Gas. Produced by the Staff at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL); National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Office of Biomass Program (EERE), 2004 ( PDF ).