Under both irradiation conditions, the nitrobenzene reduction can reach high conversion (>95%) with high selectivity (>94%) without the formation of aniline.
Thus, to reach high conversion of cellulose it is necessary to have high concentrations of enzymes, increasing the cost of production.
The aim of the present work was to further explore these thermostable, CBM-lacking enzymes in order to reach high conversion yields in industrial conditions with high DM consistency.
In the two-phase system, the enzyme tolerated high-ethanol concentrations, which made it possible to reach high conversions.
However, our procedure is interesting as it shows that microwave heating is not always necessary to reach high conversions and excellent yields.
This reactive system allowed reaching higher conversions than the equilibrium ones at the same temperatures.
The photopolymerization of neat ACO and the co-polymerization of ACO with common low molecular weight acrylate monomers were rapid and reached high conversions, as monitored by real-time FT-IR spectroscopy.
On the contrary, the catalysts supported on titania nanotubes allowed reaching high conversions of 4,6-DMDBT with a much lower proportion of hydrogenated products, which is an interesting result not observed by us previously.
After the polymerization reaches high conversions, radical diffusivity throughout the hydrogel membrane decreases and eventually limits the extent of the polymerization.
We also see that compared to the CTec2-only digestion, the high temp hold samples reach higher extents of conversion at earlier time points, this phenomenon is observed even if the CTec2 curve is shifted 24 h earlier (i.e., same start time), although the improvements in conversion are smaller.
