Issue 4, 2019

Is oxidation–reduction a real robust strategy for lignin conversion? A comparative study on lignin and model compounds

Abstract

This study focuses on the oxidation–reduction method for lignin depolymerization, an increasingly popular approach to lignin valorization. The effects of oxidative pretreatment on downstream lignin hydrogenolysis were carefully studied over various heterogeneous catalysts. It was found that oxidative pretreatment provided a promising strategy to produce renewable carbonyl-containing aromatics. However, oxidative pretreatment led to decreased monomer and aromatic oil yields compared to untreated lignin using W2C/AC and four commercial catalysts. The results with lignin contrasted with those of model compounds where the oxidative pretreatment led to increased efficiency in the cleavage of β-O-4 linkages. FT-IR, GPC, 2D HSQC NMR, GC-MS and elemental analysis characterization of lignin and ligninα-OX have been used to identify possible reasons for the contrasting results found with lignin and the model compounds. It is proposed that undesired degradation of linkages, condensation and modification of lignin occurred during lignin oxidation. This work provides an advanced perspective on the oxidation–reduction strategy for lignin depolymerization.

Graphical abstract: Is oxidation–reduction a real robust strategy for lignin conversion? A comparative study on lignin and model compounds

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
22 Aug 2018
Accepted
19 Dec 2018
First published
20 Dec 2018

Green Chem., 2019,21, 803-811

Is oxidation–reduction a real robust strategy for lignin conversion? A comparative study on lignin and model compounds

H. Guo, D. M. Miles-Barrett, B. Zhang, A. Wang, T. Zhang, N. J. Westwood and C. Li, Green Chem., 2019, 21, 803 DOI: 10.1039/C8GC02670J

To request permission to reproduce material from this article, please go to the Copyright Clearance Center request page.

If you are an author contributing to an RSC publication, you do not need to request permission provided correct acknowledgement is given.

If you are the author of this article, you do not need to request permission to reproduce figures and diagrams provided correct acknowledgement is given. If you want to reproduce the whole article in a third-party publication (excluding your thesis/dissertation for which permission is not required) please go to the Copyright Clearance Center request page.

Read more about how to correctly acknowledge RSC content.

Social activity

Spotlight

Advertisements