【名师介绍】Avelino Corma教授生物质领域研究汇总

Avelino Corma教授是催化领域的国际著名科学家，其主要从事的研究方向包括石油催化、分子筛、生物质、精细化工、催化剂的绿色合成以及催化反应机理等方面的研究，在这些研究领域作出了杰出的贡献，获奖无数。

生物质领域相对于石油催化和分子筛只能算是Avelino Corma教授的一个小小分支，然而经过多年的研究，其研究团队在这一领域也已经积累了丰硕的研究成果。

今天，我们就来详细盘点一下他所带领的研究团队在生物质转化与利用方面所取得的研究成果。

综述论文

从事生物质催化转化领域的小伙伴们一定对发表在Chemical Reviews上的这两篇关于生物质的综述不会陌生。

Huber, G. W., Iborra, S., & Corma, A. (2006). Synthesis of transportation fuels from biomass: chemistry, catalysts, and engineering. Chemical reviews, 106(9), 4044-4098.

Corma, A., Iborra, S., & Velty, A. (2007). Chemical routes for the transformation of biomass into chemicals. Chemical reviews, 107(6), 2411-2502.

这两篇综述分别发表在2006和2007年，详细阐述了生物质到燃料和化学品的催化转化路径，截止到今年7月1日，其引用次数分别达到了7015次和5054次，可以说是生物质转化领域的必读经典。

随后，在2011和2014年，他们研究团队又在Green Chemistry上发表了两篇类似的综述论文，算是对这两个方向的进一步补充。

Climent, M. J., Corma, A., & Iborra, S. (2011). Converting carbohydrates to bulk chemicals and fine chemicals over heterogeneous catalysts. Green chemistry, 13(3), 520-540.

Climent, M. J., Corma, A., & Iborra, S. (2014). Conversion of biomass platform molecules into fuel additives and liquid hydrocarbon fuels. Green Chemistry, 16(2), 516-547.

2016年，与日本千叶大学合作，他们又发表了一篇关于生物质到四碳和五碳醇转化方面的综述论文。

Sun, D., Sato, S., Ueda, W., Primo, A., Garcia, H., & Corma, A. (2016). Production of C4 and C5 alcohols from biomass-derived materials. Green Chemistry, 18(9), 2579–2597.

研究论文

Avelino Corma教授是催化领域的著名科学家，其早期涉足生物质领域也是基于一些简单的生物质催化反应并设计合成新型的催化剂，例如负载型的金催化剂和改性的分子筛催化剂。

Casanova, O., Iborra, S., & Corma, A. (2009). Biomass into chemicals: One pot-base free oxidative esterification of 5-hydroxymethyl-2-furfural into 2, 5-dimethylfuroate with gold on nanoparticulated ceria. Journal of Catalysis, 265(1), 109-116.

Casanova, O., Iborra, S., & Corma, A. (2009). Biomass into chemicals: aerobic oxidation of 5-hydroxymethyl-2-furfural into 2, 5-furandicarboxylic acid with gold nanoparticle catalysts. ChemSusChem: Chemistry & Sustainability Energy & Materials, 2(12), 1138-1144.

Climent, M. J., Corma, A., De Frutos, P., Iborra, S., Noy, M., Velty, A., & Concepción, P. (2010). Chemicals from biomass: Synthesis of glycerol carbonate by transesterification and carbonylation with urea with hydrotalcite catalysts. The role of acid–base pairs. Journal of catalysis, 269(1), 140-149.

Ruiz, V. R., Velty, A., Santos, L. L., Leyva-Pérez, A., Sabater, M. J., Iborra, S., & Corma, A. (2010). Gold catalysts and solid catalysts for biomass transformations: Valorization of glycerol and glycerol–water mixtures through formation of cyclic acetals. Journal of Catalysis, 271(2), 351-357.

de la Torre, O., Renz, M., & Corma, A. (2010). Biomass to chemicals: Rearrangement of β-pinene epoxide into myrtanal with well-defined single-site substituted molecular sieves as reusable solid Lewis-acid catalysts. Applied Catalysis A: General, 380(1-2), 165-171.

Casanova, O., Iborra, S., & Corma, A. (2010). Chemicals from biomass: Etherification of 5-hydroxymethyl-2-furfural (HMF) into 5, 5′(oxy-bis (methylene)) bis-2-furfural (OBMF) with solid catalysts. Journal of Catalysis, 275(2), 236-242.

Primo, A., Concepción, P., & Corma, A. (2011). Synergy between the metal nanoparticles and the support for the hydrogenation of functionalized carboxylic acids to diols on Ru/TiO 2. Chemical Communications, 47(12), 3613-3615.

Rojas-Buzo, S., Garcia-Garcia, P., & Corma, A. (2018). Catalytic Transfer Hydrogenation of Biomass-Derived Carbonyls over Hafnium-Based Metal Organic Frameworks. ChemSusChem, 11(2), 432-438.

随后，他们的研究团队逐渐将目光扩展到从生物质到高品质燃料、表面活性剂和其它精细化学品的研究中，这方面的研究论文包括：

从生物质及其平台化合物到高品质燃料

Corma, A., de la Torre, O., Renz, M., & Villandier, N. (2011). Production of high-quality diesel from biomass waste products. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 50(10), 2375-2378.

Corma, A., de la Torre, O., & Renz, M. (2011). High‐quality diesel from hexose‐and pentose‐derived biomass platform molecules. ChemSusChem, 4(11), 1574-1577.

Corma, A., de la Torre, O., & Renz, M. (2012). Production of high quality diesel from cellulose and hemicellulose by the Sylvan process: catalysts and process variables. Energy & Environmental Science, 5(4), 6328-6344.

Arias, K. S., Climent, M. J., Corma, A., & Iborra, S. (2015). Synthesis of high quality alkyl naphthenic kerosene by reacting an oil refinery with a biomass refinery stream. Energy & Environmental Science, 8(1), 317-331.

Corma, A., Oliver-Tomas, B., Renz, M., & Simakova, I. L. (2014). Conversion of levulinic acid derived valeric acid into a liquid transportation fuel of the kerosene type. Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical, 388, 116-122.

Mathieu, Y., Sauvanaud, L., Humphreys, L., Rowlands, W., Maschmeyer, T., & Corma, A. (2017). Opportunities in upgrading biomass crudes. Faraday Discussions, 197, 389-401.

Corma, A., Corresa, E., Mathieu, Y., Sauvanaud, L., Al-Bogami, S., Al-Ghrami, M. S., & Bourane, A. (2017). Crude oil to chemicals: light olefins from crude oil. Catalysis Science & Technology, 7(1), 12-46.

Sauvanaud, L., Mathieu, Y., Corma, A., Humphreys, L., Rowlands, W., & Maschmeyer, T. (2018). Co-processing of lignocellulosic biocrude with petroleum gas oils. Applied Catalysis A: General, 551, 139-145.

Mathieu, Y., Sauvanaud, L., Humphreys, L., Rowlands, W., Maschmeyer, T., & Corma, A. (2017). Production of High Quality Syncrude from Lignocellulosic Biomass. ChemCatChem, 9(9), 1574-1578.

生物基表面活性剂

Villandier, N., & Corma, A. (2010). One pot catalytic conversion of cellulose into biodegradable surfactants. Chemical communications, 46(24), 4408-4410.

Arias, K. S., Al-Resayes, S. I., Climent, M. J., Corma, A., & Iborra, S. (2013). From Biomass to Chemicals: Synthesis of Precursors of Biodegradable Surfactants from 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural. ChemSusChem, 6(1), 123-131.

Arias, K. S., Climent, M. J., Corma, A., & Iborra, S. (2014). Biomass-Derived Chemicals: Synthesis of Biodegradable Surfactant Ether Molecules from Hydroxymethylfurfural. ChemSusChem, 7(1), 210-220.

Puga, A. V., & Corma, A. (2017). Direct conversion of cellulose into alkyl glycoside surfactants. ChemistrySelect, 2(8), 2495-2498.

Garcia-Ortiz, A., Arias, K. S., Climent, M. J., Corma, A., & Iborra, S. (2020). Transforming Methyl Levulinate into Biosurfactants and Biolubricants by Chemoselective Reductive Etherification with Fatty Alcohols. ChemSusChem, 13(4), 707-714.

其它精细化学品 （含氮精细化学品、高分子中间体、药物活性分子等）

García-Ortiz, A., Vidal, J. D., Climent, M. J., Concepción, P., Corma, A., & Iborra, S. (2019). Chemicals from Biomass: Selective Synthesis of N-Substituted Furfuryl Amines by the One-Pot Direct Reductive Amination of Furanic Aldehydes. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 7(6), 6243-6250.

Carceller, J. M., Galán, J. P. M., Monti, R., Bassan, J. C., Filice, M., Iborra, S., ... & Corma, A. (2019). Selective synthesis of citrus flavonoids prunin and naringenin using heterogeneized biocatalyst on graphene oxide. Green Chemistry, 21(4), 839-849.

Arias, K. S., Garcia-Ortiz, A., Climent, M. J., Corma, A., & Iborra, S. (2018). Mutual valorization of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural and glycerol into valuable diol monomers with solid acid catalysts. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 6(3), 4239-4245.

Arias, K. S., Climent, M. J., Corma, A., & Iborra, S. (2016). Chemicals from biomass: Synthesis of biologically active furanochalcones by Claisen–Schmidt condensation of biomass-derived 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) with acetophenones. Topics in Catalysis, 59(13-14), 1257-1265.

Climent, M. J., Corma, A., Iborra, S., Mifsud, M., & Velty, A. (2010). New one-pot multistep process with multifunctional catalysts: decreasing the E factor in the synthesis of fine chemicals. Green Chemistry, 12(1), 99-107.

Climent, M. J., Corma, A., Hernández, J. C., Hungría, A. B., Iborra, S., & Martínez-Silvestre, S. (2012). Biomass into chemicals: one-pot two-and three-step synthesis of quinoxalines from biomass-derived glycols and 1, 2-dinitrobenzene derivatives using supported gold nanoparticles as catalysts. Journal of catalysis, 292, 118-129.

Vidal, J. D., Climent, M. J., Concepcion, P., Corma, A., Iborra, S., & Sabater, M. J. (2015). Chemicals from biomass: chemoselective reductive amination of ethyl levulinate with amines. ACS Catalysis, 5(10), 5812-5821.

Corma, A., sulay, K., CARCELLER, J. M., CLIMENT, M. J., & Iborra, S. (2020). Chemoenzymatic synthesis of 5‐Hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) derived plasticizers by coupling HMF reduction with enzymatic esterification. ChemSusChem. DOI: 10.1002/cssc.201903123

除此之外，他们还将其所开发的催化体系扩展到甘油，木质素和其它生物质废弃物的催化转化与利用中。

Burguete, P., Corma, A., Hitzl, M., Modrego, R., Ponce, E., & Renz, M. (2016). Fuel and chemicals from wet lignocellulosic biomass waste streams by hydrothermal carbonization. Green Chemistry, 18(4), 1051-1060.

Mottweiler, J., Puche, M., Räuber, C., Schmidt, T., Concepcion, P., Corma, A., & Bolm, C. (2015). Copper- and Vanadium- Catalyzed Oxidative Cleavage of Lignin using Dioxygen. ChemSusChem, 8(12), 2106-2113.

Climent Olmedo, M. J., Corma Canós, A., Iborra Chornet, S., & Martínez Silvestre, S. (2013). Preparation of glycerol carbonate esters by using hybrid Nafion-silica catalyst. ChemSusChem, 6(7), 1224-1234.

Primo, A., Forneli, A., Corma, A., & García, H. (2012). From biomass wastes to highly efficient CO2 adsorbents: graphitisation of chitosan and alginate biopolymers. ChemSusChem, 5(11), 2207-2214.

Subbotina, E., Velty, A., Samec, J. S., & Corma, A. (2020). Zeolite-assisted lignin-first fractionation of lignocellulose: Overcoming lignin recondensation via shape-selective catalysis. ChemSusChem, DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202000330

生平与研究成果总结

Avelino Corma出生于1951年，本科就读于瓦伦西亚大学化学系（1967-1973），博士就读于马德里康普斯顿大学，导师为Antonio Cortes教授，并于1976获得博士学位。随后他前往加拿大皇后大学从事了两年的博士后研究。

1979年他回到西班牙，担任高级科学研究委员会研究员。1987年，他成为了马德里康普斯顿大学催化和石油化工研究所（CSIC）的教授。

1990年他来到西班牙瓦伦西亚理工大学，与Jaime Primo教授一同建立了化学技术研究所（ITQ）。短短20年时间，他便将ITQ建设成为一个拥有150名科研人员，年均经费600万欧元的世界顶级催化研究所。

迄今为止，他已经发表了超过1400篇研究论文，200多篇专利，并有20多篇专利被用于工业生产。

截止到2020年7月1日，Google Scholar显示其H-Index高达116，H10-Index高达1166。可以说Avelino Corma 教授是世界上少有的能够同时在基础研究和工业应用领域都取得瞩目成就的科学家。

Avelino Corma 教授的研究成果得到了世界各地的广泛认可，这一点从他的头衔和获奖列表中就可以看出。

头衔：国际分子筛协会前主席、国际催化协会前主席、西班牙皇家工程院院士、欧洲科学院院士、英国皇家科学院院士、美国工程院外籍院士。

获奖列表：

Avelino Corma教授与中国

Avelino Corma教授与中国也有很深的渊源。他与国内多所高校和科研机构保持长期的合作关系，例如吉林大学和大连化学物理研究所等。

2007年他被受聘吉林大学客座教授、2012年受聘吉林大学名誉教授。2012年，他作为国际催化协会副主席协助中国取得2016年国际催化大会承办权。

2017年，Avelino Corma教授还荣获中国政府友谊奖。

相关链接Avelino Corma教授个人网站: http://avelinocorma.com/ITQ研究所网页: http://www.upv.es/itq/