Kudos to Claire for her review “Perspectives for the Upgrading of Bio-based Vicinal Diols within the Developing European Bioeconomy” published in ChemSusChem!
This perspective explores upcoming technologies for the transformation of bio-based diols into valuable molecules, while putting the emphasis on the most promising conditions for larger scale processes. These innovations take part in the broader push towards a more sustainable economy, especially for the replacement of petro-based resources with bio-sourced platform molecules. We hope this work will spur further development in the production of various value-added building blocks (olefins, epoxides, cyclic carbonates, ketals, etc.) from renewable sources.