Metal nitrides are promising catalysts for depolymerisation of lignin in supercritical ethanol; cheap and abundant titanium nitride affords an aromatic monomer yield of 19 wt% from soda lignin. The reaction mechanism is discussed on the basis of the products and a guaiacol model compound study.
L. Chen, T. I. Korányi and E. J. M. Hensen, Chem. Commun., 2016, 52, 9375 DOI: 10.1039/C6CC04702E
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