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Direct Conversion of Biomass Carbohydrates to Platform Chemicals: 5‑Hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) and Furfural by Mittal, Ashutosh, Pilath, Heidi M, Johnson, David K

“…5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) and furfural are promising platform molecules which can be converted to fuel intermediates and hydrocarbon fuels. Herein,…”
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Prediction of Hydroxymethylfurfural Yield in Glucose Conversion through Investigation of Lewis Acid and Organic Solvent Effects by Kim, Yeonjoon, Mittal, Ashutosh, Robichaud, David J, Pilath, Heidi M, Etz, Brian D, St. John, Peter C, Johnson, David K, Kim, Seonah

“…Hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) is one of the important renewable platform compounds that can be obtained from biomass feedstocks through glucose conversion…”
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Glucose Reversion Reaction Kinetics by Pilath, Heidi M, Nimlos, Mark R, Mittal, Ashutosh, Himmel, Michael E, Johnson, David K

“…The reversion reactions of glucose in mildly acidic aqueous solutions have been studied, and the kinetics of conversion to disaccharides has been modeled. The…”
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Direct Production of Propene from the Thermolysis of Poly(β-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB). An Experimental and DFT Investigation by Clark, Jared M., Pilath, Heidi M., Mittal, Ashutosh, Michener, William E., Robichaud, David J., Johnson, David K.

“…We demonstrate a synthetic route toward the production of propene directly from poly­(β-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB), the most common of a wide range of…”
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Chemical and Structural Effects on the Rate of Xylan Hydrolysis during Dilute Acid Pretreatment of Poplar Wood by Mittal, Ashutosh, Pilath, Heidi M, Parent, Yves, Chatterjee, Siddharth G, Donohoe, Bryon S, Yarbrough, John M, Black, Stuart K, Himmel, Michael E, Nimlos, Mark R, Johnson, David K

“…Economic biofuel production requires high sugar yields during biomass pretreatment, however, the chemical and structural features of biomass can be obstructive…”
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Inhibition of growth of Zymomonas mobilis by model compounds found in lignocellulosic hydrolysates by Franden, Mary Ann, Pilath, Heidi M, Mohagheghi, Ali, Pienkos, Philip T, Zhang, Min

“…BACKGROUND: During the pretreatment of biomass feedstocks and subsequent conditioning prior to saccharification, many toxic compounds are produced or…”
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Calculated Hydride Donor Abilities of Five-Coordinate Transition Metal Hydrides [HM(diphosphine)2]+ (M = Ni, Pd, Pt) as a Function of the Bite Angle and Twist Angle of Diphosphine Ligands by Nimlos, Mark R, Chang, Christopher H, Curtis, Calvin J, Miedaner, Alex, Pilath, Heidi M, DuBois, Daniel L

“…Density functional theory (BLYP and B3LYP) and the polarized continuum model (PCM-UA0) for solvation have been used to investigate the effect of bite angle…”
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Investigation of Xylose Reversion Reactions That Can Occur during Dilute Acid Pretreatment by Pilath, Heidi M, Michener, William E, Katahira, Rui, Mittal, Ashutosh, Clark, Jared M, Himmel, Michael E, Nimlos, Mark R, Johnson, David K

“…Xylose reversion reactions to form xylooligomers represent a potentially important mechanism of sugar loss during dilute acid pretreatment of biomass. We have…”
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Simultaneous upgrading of biomass-derived sugars to HMF/furfural via enzymatically isomerized ketose intermediates by Wang, Wei, Mittal, Ashutosh, Pilath, Heidi, Chen, Xiaowen, Tucker, Melvin P, Johnson, David K

“…Recently, exploring fermentative or chemical pathways that convert biomass-derived sugars to fuels/chemicals has attracted a lot of interest from many…”
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Fractional condensation of pyrolysis vapors produced from Nordic feedstocks in cyclone pyrolysis by Johansson, Ann-Christine, Iisa, Kristiina, Sandström, Linda, Ben, Haoxi, Pilath, Heidi, Deutch, Steve, Wiinikka, Henrik, Öhrman, Olov G.W.

“…•Pyrolysis vapors were fractionated by stage condensation into five oil fractions.•Fractional condensation was studied using three Nordic feedstocks.•The oil…”
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Synthesis and characterization of dense and porous cellulose films by Khare, Vivek P., Greenberg, Alan R., Kelley, Stephen S., Pilath, Heidi, Juhn Roh, Il, Tyber, Jeff

“…Whereas cellulose‐derived polymers are routinely used as membrane materials, the cellulose polymer itself is not directly used to synthesize dense/porous films…”
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Simultaneous upgrading of biomass-derived sugars to HMF/furfural via enzymatically isomerized ketose intermediates by Wang, Wei, Mittal, Ashutosh, Pilath, Heidi, Chen, Xiaowen, Tucker, Melvin P., Johnson, David K.

“…Abstract Background Recently, exploring fermentative or chemical pathways that convert biomass-derived sugars to fuels/chemicals has attracted a lot of…”
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Investigation of Xylose Reversion Reactions That Can Occur during Dilute Acid Pretreatment by PILATH, Heidi M, MICHENER, William E, KATAHIRA, Rui, MITTAL, Ashutosh, CLARK, Jared M, HIMMEL, Michael E, NIMLOS, Mark R, JOHNSON, David K

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