Performance-advantaged bioproducts from biomass

Chemical intermediates accessible from selective processing of lignocellulose, namely carbohydrates from polysaccharides and aromatic oxygenated compounds from lignin, offer the potential for atom-efficient biological and catalytic transformations to new building blocks for biopolymers that are difficult to access from petroleum-derived, hydrocarbon intermediates. To that end, this talk will cover several new biopolymers via biological and catalytic transformations of carbohydrates and lignin-derived aromatic compounds that exhibit performance-advantaged properties relative to existing petroleum-based polymers. Performance-advantaged bioproducts, such as those described here, could potentially incentivize the development of a viable bioeconomy alongside biofuels production.