2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Refinery of Nitrogen-Containing Biomass over Solid Catalysts
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26709060
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (A)
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| Allocation Type | Partial Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Catalyst/Resource chemical process
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| Research Institution | Hokkaido University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Research Collaborator |
YOKOYAMA Haruka 北海道大学, 触媒科学研究所
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| Project Period (FY) |
2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
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| Keywords | バイオマス変換 / キチン / N-アセチルグルコサミン / 含窒素有機化合物 / 触媒 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Chitin is the most abundant marine biomass, which is contained in crab and shrimp shells. Chitin is a polymer consisting of N-acetylglucosamine (NAG) units, thus characteristically containing nitrogen atoms. This compound is a potential renewable resource for the production of nitrogen-containing chemicals, but the recalcitrance of chitin has strongly limited use of the derivatives such as NAG in industry and daily life.
In this study, co-workers and I found that mechanical force and catalysts synergistically depolymerize chitin to produce NAG in a good yield. In addition, NAG was converted to useful chemicals such as N-acetyl-monoethanolamine and a derivative of standard amino acid, N-acetylglycine.
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| Free Research Field |
触媒・資源化学プロセス
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