《10_Application_of_Ionic_Liquid s_to_Alcoholysis_of_Cellulose》.pdf

Application of Ionic Liquids to Alcoholysis of Cellulose Main objectives 1. To obtain a preliminarily understanding on the meaning of green chemistry and green catalysis 2. To make a knowledge of ionic liquids, including the physical and chemical properties 3. To familiarize with autoclave and HPLC 4. To make a knowledge of characterizing method for ionic liquids - 1 - INTRODUCTION Green chemistry is a philosophy that puts forward sustainable concepts, which are designed to reduce or eliminate chemicals and chemical process that have negative environmental impacts (See Fig. 1). Catalysis and utilization of renewable feedstocks are two of the very important concepts of green chemistry. Designing and developing ideal catalysts paves the way to green chemistry. For example, if smaller amounts of these catalysts could be utilized, significant cost reductions in technological processes could be achieved. Renewable feedstocks mainly refer to biomass resources. Especially, utilization of lignocellulose, an inedible biomass, has a great significance for green chemistry. Because of the stability of lignocellulose, the direct conversion meets a great challenge. For this reason, there is a worldwide urge designing catalysts for efficient conversion of lignocellulose. 7. Renewable7. Renewable 8. Reduce the use of8. Reduce the use of feedstocksfeedstocks 11 00 chemical derivativeschemical derivatives ..