Anastasia Tkacheva et al.
ChemSusChem, 8(16), 2670-2680 (2015-07-23)
Amidation of renewable feedstocks, such as fatty acids, esters, and Chlorella alga based biodiesel, was demonstrated with zeolites and mesoporous materials as catalysts and ethanolamine, alaninol, and leucinol. The last two can be derived from amino acids present in alga.