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Conversion of non-edible biomass into fuels and value-added chemicals has achieved great attention to cope the world’s energy requirements. Lignocellulose based sugar alcohols such as sorbitol, mannitol, xylitol, and erythritol can be potentially used as emerging fuels and chemicals. These sugar alcohols can be converted into widely used products (e.g. polymer synthesis, food and pharmaceuticals industry). The heterogeneous catalytic production of sugar alcohols from renewable biomass provides a safe and sustainable approach. Hydrolysis, coupled with hydrogenation and hydrogenolysis has been proved to be more effective strategy for sugar alcohols production from biomass. This review summarizes the recent advances in biomass upgrading reactions for the production of sugar alcohols and their comprehensive applications.
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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21325208, 21172209, 21272050, 21402181, 21572212), Chinese Academy of Science (KJCX2-EW-J02, YZ201563), the Major/Innovative Program of Development Foundation of Hefei Center for Physical Science and Technology (2014FXCX006), China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2014M561835), the Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education (20123402130008), Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (WK2060190025, WK2060190033, WK2060190040, WK6030000023), the Key Technologies R&D Programme of Anhui Province (1604a0702027), and Program for Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team in University of the Ministry of Education of China.
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Zada, B., Chen, M., Chen, C. et al. Recent advances in catalytic production of sugar alcohols and their applications. Sci. China Chem. 60, 853–869 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11426-017-9067-1
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