Researchers at the Tokyo Institute of Technology have made a major breakthrough in the large scale production of biofuels and bio-oils, according to a study in the Journal of the American Chemical Society. The researchers used a ruthenium-based catalyst to improve the synthesis of primary amines. Ruthenium is an element that has been found as one of the most promising candidates for producing renewable fuels from biomass.
Researchers at the Tokyo Institute of Technology have made a major breakthrough in the large scale production of biofuels and bio-oils, according to a study in the Journal of the American Chemical Society. The researchers used a ruthenium-based catalyst to improve the synthesis of primary amines. The team found the ruthenium-based catalyst produced a yield of 93% from a glucose biomass, with virtually no by-products observed.