Plastic That Grows On Trees

Courtesy ScienceDaily  Wed, 05/20/2009 - 14:30

To turn plants into a renewable, nonpolluting replacement for crude oil, scientists have to learn how to convert plant biomass into a building block for plastics and fuels cheaply and efficiently.

In new research, chemists have successfully converted cellulose -- the most common plant carbohydrate -- directly into the building block called HMF in one step.

This simple process generates a high yield of HMF and allows the use of raw cellulose as feed material.

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