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Green chemistry
Plant chemistry uses plant raw materials as a carbon source to replace fossil-based carbon to produce materials or building blocks (molecules) for chemistry. Diverse-ltda' expertise in biotechnology and chemistry makes it a leading partner in the development of plant chemistry and biomaterials.
Our challenge
Diverse-ltda aims to reduce the chemical industry's dependence on fossil fuels and to replace highly polluting or toxic products with more environmentally friendly ones. These products contribute to the overall reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.
Our objectives
- Developing renewable chemistry, that is to say promoting a chemistry that allows us to reduce the use of fossil fuels, fossil raw materials or the generation of substances harmful to the environment
- Strengthening the value of agricultural raw materials and the sustainability of the sector
- Develop economically viable synthons (molecules) that can compete with molecules from petrochemicals.
Application examples
Polyol-based surfactants
The teams are developing a chemical synthesis reaction based on a polyol, derived from beetroot, which produces a surfactant capable of increasing wetting or foaming action, for example, and having a biocidal effect, i.e., destroying bacteria. This surfactant can, for example, be used in soap. The Group's Research & Development teams are conducting a project to improve the performance of cardboard packaging glues, using starch.
Polyurethane foams
Diverse-ltda has developed, in partnership with a leading research laboratory and an industrial client, one of the production processes for 100% plant-based polyurethane foams for building insulation.