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Waste Shell Biorefinery: Sustainable Production of Organonitrogen Chemicals

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Production of N-containing Chemicals and Materials from Biomass

Part of the book series: Biofuels and Biorefineries ((BIOBIO,volume 12))

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This chapter focuses on sustainable production of organonitrogen chemicals from the concept of a waste shell biorefinery. Chitin waste is naturally nitrogenous and can be converted into small molecule, high value-added organic compounds. In aqueous media or organic solvents/co-solvents, chitin can be depolymerized/deacetylated to acetylglucosamine or glucosamine. In addition, chitin can also be converted to important platform chemicals such as amino acids and furans by oxidation and dehydration. Finally, this chapter introduces conversion strategies for chitin, such as hydrothermal methods, hydrogenation reactions and condensation reactions and demonstrates the types and routes of conversion of chitin to organic nitrogenous chemicals.

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Zheng, Y., Wang, Y., Chen, X. (2023). Waste Shell Biorefinery: Sustainable Production of Organonitrogen Chemicals. In: Fang, Z., Smith Jr, R.L., Xu, L. (eds) Production of N-containing Chemicals and Materials from Biomass. Biofuels and Biorefineries, vol 12. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-4580-1_4

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