References
For a taster of the challenges inherent in developing a more sustainable society please see
http://www.zerowastescotland.org.uk/research-evaluation/biorefining-potential-in-Scotland
For some recent papers on biomass use from the Westwood group please see:
1. Selective Primary Alcohol Oxidation of Lignin Streams from Butanol-Pretreated Agricultural Waste Biomass. Panovic, Isabella; Lancefield, Christopher S.; Phillips, Darren; Gronnow, Mark J.; Westwood, Nicholas J. ChemSusChem (2019), 12(2), 542-548.DOI:10.1002/cssc.201801971
2. Is oxidation-reduction a real robust strategy for lignin conversion? A comparative study on lignin and model compounds. Guo, Haiwei; Miles-Barrett, Daniel M.; Zhang, Bo; Wang, Aiqin; Zhang, Tao; Westwood, Nicholas J.; Li, Changzhi. Green Chemistry (2019), 21(4), 803-811. DOI:10.1039/c8gc02670j
2. Pre-treatment of lignocellulosic feedstocks using biorenewable alcohols: towards complete biomass valorisation. Lancefield, C.S., Panovic, I., Deuss, P.J., Barta, K., Westwood, N.J., Green Chem. (2017) 19, 202-214 and a linked patent application.
3.Use of Bisulfite Processing To Generate High-β-O‑4 Content Water-Soluble Lignosulfonates. Daniel M. Miles-Barrett, James R. D. Montgomery, Christopher S. Lancefield, David B. Cordes, Alexandra M. Z. Slawin, Tomas Lebl, Reuben Carr, and Nicholas J. Westwood* ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 2017, 5 (2), pp 1831–1839 DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.6b02566
4. Isolation of Functionalized Phenolic Monomers through Selective Oxidation and C-O Bond Cleavage of the β-O-4 Linkages in Lignin. Lancefield, C.S., Ojo, O.S., Tran, F., Westwood, N.J.*, Angewandte Chemie, International Edition (2015), 54(1), 258-262.
5. Aromatic monomers by in situ conversion of reactive intermediates in the acid-catalyzed depolymerization of lignin. Deuss P.J., Scott M., Tran F., Westwood N.J., De Vries J.G.*, Barta K.* Journal of the American Chemical Society, (2015) 137(23), 7456-7467.
6. The synthesis and analysis of lignin-bound Hibbert ketone structures in technical lignins. Miles-Barrett, D.M., Neal, A.R., Hand, C., Montgomery, J.R.D., Panovic, I., Ojo, O.S., Lancefield, C.S., Cordes, D.B., Slawin, A.M.Z., Lebl, T., Westwood, N. J.*, Org. Biomol. Chem. (2016) 14, 10023-10030.