Departamento de Química Orgánica e Inorgánica, Instituto Universitario de Química Organometálica Enrique Moles (Unidad Asociada al CSIC), Universidad de Oviedo, Julián Clavería 8, 33006 Oviedo, Spain.
Chem Commun (Camb). 2011 Jun 14;47(22):6208-27. doi: 10.1039/c1cc10620a. Epub 2011 Mar 30.
The rapid growth of the biodiesel industry has led to a large surplus of its major byproduct, i.e. glycerol, for which new applications need to be found. Research efforts in this area have focused mainly on the development of processes for converting glycerol into value-added chemicals and its reforming for hydrogen production, but recently, in line with the increasing interest in the use of alternative greener solvents, an innovative way to revalorize glycerol and some of its derivatives has seen the light, i.e. their use as environmentally friendly reaction media for synthetic organic chemistry. The aim of the present Feature Article is to provide a comprehensive overview on the developments reached in this field.
生物柴油产业的快速发展导致其主要副产物甘油大量过剩，因此需要寻找新的应用。这方面的研究主要集中在开发将甘油转化为高附加值化学品的工艺以及将其重整用于生产氢气的方法上，但最近，随着人们对使用替代的更环保溶剂的兴趣日益增加，一种重新利用甘油及其衍生物的创新方法已经出现，即将其用作合成有机化学的环保反应介质。本文的目的是全面概述该领域的发展情况。
