Researchers develop new process to make p-xylene from biomass with 97% yield

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By mmillikinNov 28, 2016, 6:00 am426 ptsTrending
A team from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, the University of Minnesota, the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Delaware has developed a new chemical process to make p-xylene, an important ingredient of common plastics. The new method has a 97% yield and uses biomass as the feedstock.…

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