Biobased n-Butanol Prepared from Poly-3-hydroxybutyrate: Optimization of the Reduction of n-Butyl Crotonate to n-Butanol
- Source:
- Organic process research & development 2015 v.19 no.7 pp. 710-714
- ISSN:
- 1083-6160
- Subject:
- bacteria, biobased products, biomass, chemical reduction, energy content, hydrogenation, metabolic engineering, polyhydroxybutyrate, thermal degradation
- Abstract:
- Using metabolic engineering approaches, the biopolymer poly-3-hydroxybutyrate (P3HB) can be overproduced in organisms such as bacteria and plants. Thermolysis of P3HB, either in isolated form or within biomass, yields crotonic acid, a potential bioderived platform chemical. Reduction of crotonic acid provides n-butanol, which has value as a fuel and as a commodity chemical. Herein, we report optimization work on the hydrogenation of the n-butyl ester of crotonic acid to nbutanol and the potential of this chemistry to be incorporated into the production of bio-n-butanol from P3HB containing biomass.
- Agid:
- 61132
- Handle:
- 10113/61132
- https://doi.org/10.1021/op500156b