Biomass-derived sugars provide a rich, renewable feedstock for a diverse range
of chemicals, making them a promising and feasible source for the sustainable
manufacture of a variety of valuable products. Exploring green sugar-based
technologies beyond their applications in fuels, this book provides an overview
of sugar-based technologies, describing their challenges and opportunities. It
covers transformations of sugars into green chemicals in pharmaceuticals,
biodegradable polymers and surfactants. A special chapter is dedicated to the
conversion of biomass into sugars, which is a crucial step in the sustainable
utilization of sugars. The book is a valuable resource for chemists and chemical
engineers working to develop greener synthetic routes to chemicals