CPC C10L 1/02 (2013.01) [B01J 23/04 (2013.01); B01J 27/055 (2013.01); C10L 2200/0484 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A method of pretreating plant biomass comprising catalytically pretreating the plant biomass in a single-stage alkaline oxidative pretreatment process, wherein the process comprises providing a metal-ligand complex, providing a base and adding at least two oxidants to the alkaline oxidative pretreatment process to produce a catalytically pretreated plant biomass and wherein the method does not include an alkaline pre-extraction step prior to the alkaline oxidative pretreatment process.
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