New Glycerol Upgrading Processes.

Diols, such as 1,2 propanediol, are important commodities for the food, cosmetic, chemical and pharma industries, while 1-propanol is an important chemical and solvent that can be also obtained from glycerol [[11]]. As for ketones, dihydroxyacetone can not only be obtained as one of the main byproducts on the route to biomethanol from glycerol [[10]], but is also very selectively produced by several bacteria such as I Gluconobacter oxidans i out of crude and pure glycerol. 10.3390/catal10060615 12 Ji Y. Recent development of heterogeneous catalysis in the transesterification of glycerol to glycerol carbonate. 10.3390/catal9070581 13 Esteban J., Fuente E., González-Miquel M., Blanco A., Ladero M., Garcia-Ochoa F. Sustainable joint solventless coproduction of glycerol carbonate and ethylene glycol via thermal transesterification of glycerol. [Extracted from the article]