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Advances in production of optically pure lactic acid - platform C3 compound in manufacturing commodity and high-value chemicals

Fossil fuels can be replaced by renewable raw materials and the raw materials can be used in production of several thousands of platform compounds and final products. Availability of particular renewable as well as climate, geo-political and economical environment defines boundaries of innovative technology to be implemented in such production. In addition, need for novel products and affiliated market dictate investments in plants for industrial-scale production of defined range of the platform compounds and other biochemicals.Biotechnological production of optically pure lactic acid, very important C3 platform compound, opens up numerous routes for its catalytic transformation and manufacturing commodity and high-value chemicals. Nowadays, the production of lactates depends on two main renewables - corn and sugarcane. The bioprocess sustainability has to be improved and moved to second and third generation of the raw materials. The sustainable technologies includes employment of efficient biocatalyst, mild bioprocess conditions, near 100% yields and relatively simple down-stream processes, which bring the system to hybrid integrated bioprocesses and, further, to factories of future.

biotechnological production of lactic acid; commodity and high-value chemicals; platform chemicals; renewables; sustainable technologies

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