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A Sustainable Process for the Synthesis of Alkylpyrazines
by Dehydrocyclization of Crude Glycerol and Ethylenediamine
over Metal Chromite Catalysts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 721
Reema Sarkari, Vankudoth Krishna, Chatla Anjaneyulu,
Velisoju Vijay Kumar, Enumula Siva Sankar, Gutta Naresh,
and Akula Venugopal
The Role of Group VIII Metals in Hydroconversion of Lignin
to Value- Added Chemicals and Biofuels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 739
A. Sreenavya, P. P. Neethu, and A. Sakthivel
Biochar as a Catalytic Material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 767
Prachi Singh
Biomass Conversion and Green Chemistry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 803
Avinash Ammanagi, Praveen Satapute, Shakeel Ahmed Adhoni,
Shivakantkumar S. Adhikari, Sanjay Kumar Gupta, and Sikandar I. Mulla
Nanostructured Photocatalysts for Degradation of Environmental
Pollutants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 823
Shafali, Surinder Singh, and Sushil Kumar Kansal
Biohydrometallurgy: A Sustainable Approach for Urban Mining
of Metals and Metal Refining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 865
Prashant Ram Jadhao, Snigdha Mishra, Ashish Pandey, K. K. Pant,
and K. D. P. Nigam
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 893
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