QUINCY, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Myriant Corporation announced today that it has made substantial progress towards the production of cost-competitive bio-acrylic acid made from renewable feedstocks.

Chemical and biotech firms are competing to meet one of the biggest challenges in biobased chemicals: an alternative to propylene-derived acrylic acid. The global market is worth billions of dollars, ...

BASF, Cargill and Novozymes today announced the achievement of an important milestone in their joint development of technologies to produce acrylic acid from renewable raw materials by successfully ...

Using a tiny, acid-tolerant yeast, scientists have demonstrated a cost-effective way to make disposable diapers, ...

Midland-based Dow Chemical Co. (NYSE: DOW) and Boulder, Colo.-based OPX Biotechnologies Inc. said Monday that the two companies are collaborating to develop an industrial scale process for the ...

What are Acrylic Acid and Acrylates? Acrylic acid is an unsaturated carboxylic acid composed of a vinyl group that is directly connected to a carboxylic acid terminus. The organic compound is a ...

The catalytic aldol condensation reaction represents a pivotal method for synthesising acrylic acid through the coupling of simple carbonyl compounds such as acetic acid, formaldehyde and methanol.

Three giants in chemicals, agricultural products, and industrial enzymes have partnered to commercialize a biological route to acrylic acid. BASF is the world’s largest producer of acrylic acid. It ...

In this interview, Chris Nicholas discusses catalyst technology that has allowed for more sustainable production of acrylic acid and acrylates. This research has inspired the startup Låkril ...

LUDWIGSHAFEN, Germany, MINNEAPOLIS and COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Aug. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- BASF, Cargill and Novozymes have signed an agreement to develop technologies to produce acrylic acid from ...

LUDWIGSHAFEN, Germany, MINNEAPOLIS and COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Aug. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- BASF, Cargill and Novozymes have signed an agreement to develop technologies to produce acrylic acid from ...