https://en.bioecon.ru/clusters/platform-chemicals/Recent content in Platform-Chemicals on BioeconHugoen-USTue, 21 Jul 2026 11:22:22 +0700https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/bio-acrylic-acid/Tue, 21 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/bio-acrylic-acid/Renewable routes to acrylic acid, the C3 monomer behind superabsorbent polymers, paints, coatings and adhesives, across two distinct value chains: bioethanol-derived bio-based acrylate esters already commercial at Arkema (Carling, France, bio-based ethyl acrylate at 40% bio carbon content since October 2024) and BASF (Ludwigshafen, portfolio switched to bio-based ethyl acrylate in August 2024), and direct fermentative acrylic-acid routes via 3-hydroxypropionic acid (Cargill’s Issatchenkia orientalis SD108 platform) or direct yeast fermentation (Genomatica’s Saccharomyces cerevisiae host at ~30 mg/L laboratory titre) still at pilot or research scale — no Chinese commercial originator confirmed as of 2026.https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/biosynthetic-butadiene/Tue, 21 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/biosynthetic-butadiene/Renewable routes to 1,3-butadiene, the C4 monomer behind synthetic rubber and ABS plastics, via two competing chemistries: catalytic bioethanol-to-butadiene conversion (Axens/Michelin/IFPEN’s BioButterfly, ETB Global in the Netherlands) and methane gas fermentation (BioVerde Tech and Unibio in a 2026 partnership) — both still at demonstration or early-pilot scale, with no confirmed Chinese or Indian commercial originator as of 2026.https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/l-lactic-acid-industrial-scale/Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/l-lactic-acid-industrial-scale/Industrial-scale fermentation of L-lactic acid, the upstream monomer feedstock for polylactic acid (PLA) bioplastics — fermentation scale-up, PLA-integrated value chains, and feedstock diversification: NatureWorks in the US, Corbion and Futerro in Europe, and Henan Jindan Lactic Acid in China.https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/terpenes-terpenoids-platform-molecules/Sat, 04 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/terpenes-terpenoids-platform-molecules/Fermentation-derived terpenes and terpenoids — farnesene, limonene, valencene, squalane — replacing petrochemical and plant-extracted equivalents in cosmetics, flavors, fragrances and fuel additives as microbial mevalonate-pathway engineering scales.https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/biosynthetic-acrylamide-flocculants/Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/biosynthetic-acrylamide-flocculants/Enzymatic conversion of acrylonitrile to acrylamide via immobilized Rhodococcus rhodochrous cells, replacing copper-catalyzed synthesis for water-treatment, mining and papermaking flocculants.https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/biosynthetic-ethylene-bio-ethylene-oxide/Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/biosynthetic-ethylene-bio-ethylene-oxide/Producing the world’s most ubiquitous petrochemical building block from renewable biomass and captured carbon.https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/biosynthetic-monomers-succinate-itaconate-fdca-bdo/Fri, 19 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/biosynthetic-monomers-succinate-itaconate-fdca-bdo/Bio-based platform chemicals — succinic acid, itaconic acid, FDCA, and 1,4-BDO — produced via precision fermentation from C5/C6 sugars, replacing fossil feedstocks for biopolymers, plastics, and specialty chemicals; $5B market in 2025, growing >15% CAGR to 2030.