This paper presents an overview of alternative uses for products of sugar beet processing, especially sucrose, as chemical raw materials for the production of biodegradable polymers. Traditionally, sucrose has not been considered as a chemical raw material, because of its use in the food industry and high sugar prices. Beet pulp and beetroot leaves have also not been considered as raw materials for chemical production processes until recently. However, current changes in the European sugar market could lead to falling demand and overproduction of sucrose. Increases in the production of white sugar will also increase the production of waste biomass, as a result of the processing of larger quantities of sugar beet. This creates an opportunity for the development of new chemical technologies based on the use of products of sugar beet processing as raw materials. Promising methods for producing functionalized materials include the acidic hydrolysis of sugars (sucrose, biomass polysaccharides), the catalytic dehydration of monosaccharides to HMF followed by catalytic oxidation of HMF to FDCA and polymerization to biodegradable polymers. The technologies reviewed in this article will be of interest both to industry and science.

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作为化学品和可生物降解聚合物原料的甜菜加工产品

本文概述了甜菜加工产品的替代用途，特别是蔗糖，作为生产可生物降解聚合物的化学原料。传统上，蔗糖不被视为化学原料，因为它用于食品工业和高糖价。直到最近，甜菜浆和甜菜根叶也没有被视为化学生产过程的原材料。然而，目前欧洲食糖市场的变化可能导致需求下降和蔗糖生产过剩。由于加工大量甜菜，白糖产量的增加也将增加废弃生物质的产量。这为开发以甜菜加工产品为原料的新化学技术创造了机会。生产功能化材料的有希望的方法包括糖（蔗糖、生物质多糖）的酸性水解、单糖催化脱水成 HMF，然后将 HMF 催化氧化成 FDCA 和聚合成可生物降解的聚合物。本文回顾的技术将引起工业界和科学界的兴趣。