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Catalytic Conversion of Renewable Biomass Resources g to Fuels and Chemicals r o . . s y w l n e o i v e Juan Carlos Serrano-Ruiz, Ryan M. West, e s r u l a l u a and James A. Dumesic n n n o a s . r w e Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin, Madison, p w r Wisconsin 53706; email: serranoruiz@; ryanwest@; dumesic@ w o F m . o 1 r 1 f / 4 d 0 e / d 1 a 1 o l n n o w s o e D c n . e 0 i 0 c 1 S - 9 e f 7 i : L 1 . r 0 o 1 f 0 r 2 e t g. n Annu. Rev. Chem. Biomol. Eng. 2010. 1:79–100 Key Words e n C E l. n First published online as a Review in Advance on heterogeneous catalysts, catalytic coupling, lactic acid, levulinic acid, o o i t January 4, 2010 m a bifunctional catalysts, deoxygenation o m i B r The Annual Review of Chemical and Biomolecular o f . n Engineering is online at m I Abstract e i h a C h This article’s doi: . g Lignocellulosic biomass is renewable and cheap, and it has the potential v n 10.1146/annurev-chembioeng-073009-100935 e a R h to displace fossil fuels in the production of fuels and chemicals. Biomass- S . c u y Copyright 2010 by Annual Reviews. derived carboxylic acids are important compounds that can be used as plat- n b n All rights reserved A form molecules for the production of a variety of important chemicals on a 1947-5438/10/0715-0079$20.00 large scale. Lactic acid, a prototypical biomass derivative, and levulinic acid, an important chemical feedstock produced by hydrolysis of waste cellulosic materials, can be upgraded using bifunctional catalysts those containing metal and acid sites , which allows the integration of several transforma- tions e.g., oxygen removal and C–C coupling in a single catalyst bed. This coupling between active sites is bene?cial in that it reduces the complexity and cost of the biomass conversion processes. Deoxygenation of biomass derivatives is a requisite step for the production of fuels and chemicals, and