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Glucose is transformed (fermented) into ethanol, carbon dioxide and water under anaerobic respiration conditions in yeast and many other organisms. In the process, ADP is converted into ATP.

The ethanol can be distilled and purified (with difficulty, ethanol forms an azeotrope with water) into the pure chemical. Such "bio-ethanol" is considered to be "green" compared with ethanol from petrochemical sources.

A.L. Lehninger, Biochemistry Second Edition, Worth Publishers, 1970, Chapter 17 The Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle

  +  
2
APD
  +  
2
[H2PO4]
         
2
CH3CH2OH
  +  
2
ATP
  +  
2
CO2
  +  
2
H2O
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D-(+) Glucose     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
ADP     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Dihydrogen phosphate ion     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Ethanol     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
ATP     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Carbon dioxide     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Water     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming

Interaction, Reaction, Process defined as:
Enzyme Catalysed Biological Reaction
Industrial Process: Organic

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