02470nas a2200157 4500008004100000245006700041210006600108260000800174300001400182490000700196520194000203100001902143700002502162700002902187856009602216 2019 eng d00aValorization of oceanic waste biomass: a catalytic perspective0 aValorization of oceanic waste biomass a catalytic perspective cSEP a1995-20210 v193 a

Efficacious waste utilization is vital in context of sustainability. The past decade has witnessed attempts of usage of land biomass and wastes for various applications, contributing towards a sustainable society. Exploitation of the marine biomass, which does not compete with habitation and food production like land biomass has been largely unnoticed and therefore not being utilized judiciously. Researchers have mainly exploited these resources as functional materials having significant potential applications. However, a catalytic perspective for the valorisation of these polymers arising from oceanic waste widens their scope and ameliorates its use. The objective of the present review is to demonstrate the effectiveness of chitin/chitosan as a catalyst and as a feedstock for deriving important fuels and chemicals. It displays all the reactions heterogeneously catalyzed by them along with the strategic methodology. Their important catalytic organic transformations attempted so far, have also been discussed. The future perspectives are also presented which if inculcated would improve the value addition of the waste, paving a way for greener and imperishable world.

1 aLucas, Nishita1 aAthawale, Anjali, A.1 aRode, Chandrashekhar, V. uhttps://library.ncl.res.in/content/valorization-oceanic-waste-biomass-catalytic-perspective