Introduction of Nitrogen into Woody Biomass-Derived Materials

In addition to producing the world's fuels, oil is also the source of many value-added chemicals and pharmaceuticals that end up subsidizing fuel sales. In order to move away from oil, it is important to make these chemicals as well as fuels from alternative renewable sources such as woody biomass. Here we focus on the renewable production of the monomers for Nylon 6 and Nylon 66 from lignocellulosic materials through chemoenzymatic methods.