TY - CHAP

T1 - Green chemistry and its contribution to industrial biotechnology

AU - Pleissner, Daniel

AU - Kümmerer, Klaus

PY - 2020

Y1 - 2020

N2 - Sustainable chemistry is a broad framework that starts with the function that a chemical product is offering. Not only chemical but also economic and ethical aspects come into focus throughout the complete lifecycle of chemical products. Green chemistry is an important building block for sustainable chemistry and addresses the issue of greener synthesis and, to a certain degree, the more benign properties of chemicals. The principles of green chemistry clearly aim at making chemical reactions and processes more environmentally friendly. Aspects such as atom efficiency, energy efficiency, harmless reactants, renewable resources, and pollution prevention are considered. Despite the progress made toward a “greener” chemistry, biotechnological processes, as processes for the conversion of biomass into value-added products, have not been properly adapted to new developments. Processes used in industrial biotechnology are predominantly linear. This review elaborates on the potential contributions of green chemistry to industrial biotechnology and vice versa. Examples are presented of how green chemistry and biotechnology can be connected to make substrate supply, upstream and downstream processing, and product formation more sustainable. The chapter ends with a case study of adipic acid production from lignin to illustrate the importance of a strong connection between green chemistry and biotechnology. Graphical Abstract:

AB - Sustainable chemistry is a broad framework that starts with the function that a chemical product is offering. Not only chemical but also economic and ethical aspects come into focus throughout the complete lifecycle of chemical products. Green chemistry is an important building block for sustainable chemistry and addresses the issue of greener synthesis and, to a certain degree, the more benign properties of chemicals. The principles of green chemistry clearly aim at making chemical reactions and processes more environmentally friendly. Aspects such as atom efficiency, energy efficiency, harmless reactants, renewable resources, and pollution prevention are considered. Despite the progress made toward a “greener” chemistry, biotechnological processes, as processes for the conversion of biomass into value-added products, have not been properly adapted to new developments. Processes used in industrial biotechnology are predominantly linear. This review elaborates on the potential contributions of green chemistry to industrial biotechnology and vice versa. Examples are presented of how green chemistry and biotechnology can be connected to make substrate supply, upstream and downstream processing, and product formation more sustainable. The chapter ends with a case study of adipic acid production from lignin to illustrate the importance of a strong connection between green chemistry and biotechnology. Graphical Abstract:

KW - Chemistry

KW - adipic acid

KW - Downstream processing

KW - Fermentation

KW - Renewable resources

KW - Sustainable chemistry

KW - Upstream processing

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85086625218&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1007/10_2018_73

DO - 10.1007/10_2018_73

M3 - Chapter

C2 - 30270411

SN - 978-3-030-47065-4

T3 - Advances in Biochemical Engineering/Biotechnology

SP - 281

EP - 298

BT - Sustainability and Life Cycle Assessment in Industrial Biotechnology

A2 - Fröhling, Magnus

A2 - Hiete, Michael

PB - Springer International Publishing AG

CY - Cham

ER -