Does enzymatic catalysis lead to more sustainable chemicals production? A life cycle sustainability assessment of isopropyl palmitate

Fecha de publicación: 23/10/2024
Fuente: Green Chemistry
Green Chem., 2024, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D4GC04514A, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Pieter Nachtergaele, Ozan Kocak, Yblin Roman Escobar, Jordy Motte, Dries Gabriels, Leopold Mottet, Jo DewulfA methodology is presented for assessing the life cycle sustainability of enzymatic catalysis for chemicals production. For IPP, lower environmental impacts, but higher costs and social risks were found for switching to enzymatic catalysis.To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above.The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry