Terpene-based Manufacturing for Sustainable Chemical Feedstocks
An Abundant Resource
A Renewable Hydrocarbon Platform
A Multi-disciplinary Project
Chemistry at the centre
Chemistry at the centre
Exemplary demonstration A sustainable synthesis of 'green' paracetamol from limonene Classical petrochemical based synthesis: 30 million packs sold in UK every year 180,000 t/yr global production All 8 carbons from parent skeleton of limonene Scalable, catalytic flow-synthesis (Kg scale)
Limonene to Paracetamol Proposed synthetic route:
Limonene to Paracetamol Current progress:
Limonene to Paracetamol Current progress:
Limonene to Paracetamol Current progress:
Limonene to Paracetamol Current progress:
Limonene to Paracetamol Current progress:
Acknowledgments Chemistry Chemical Engineering Biology Matthew Davidson Steven Bull William Cunningham Matthew Jones Chris Frost Janet Scott Duncan Wass (University of Bristol) Chemical Engineering Massi Vezzoli Pawel Plucinski Darrel Patterson Davide Mattia Laura Torrente Ulrich Hintermair Biology David Leak Matthew Styles Systems analysis and Pathways to Manufacture (University of Cambridge, Institute for Manufacturing) Alexei Lapkin Jag Srai Wouter Bam Funding Environment, Sustainability and Energy Division
Limonene to Paracetamol