Hydrogen Transfer from Supercritical Methanol over a Solid Base Catalyst: A Model for Lignin Depolymerization

2009154 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Gerald S. Macala · University of California, Santa Barbara

Theodore D. Matson · University of California, Santa Barbara

Charles L. Johnson · Lake Superior State University

Robert S. Lewis · University of California, Santa Barbara

Alexei V. Iretskii · Lake Superior State University

Peter C. Ford · University of California, Santa Barbara

Abstract

A (super)critical transfer: The consecutive hydrogenolysis and hydrogenation of the lignin model compound dihydrobenzofuran was studied in supercritical methanolic solutions using porous metal oxide catalysts. These catalysts promote H(2) production from methanol followed by hydrogenolysis of the ether linkages and reduction of the aromatic rings, leading principally to a mixture of cyclohexanols.

Topics & Keywords

Lignin and Wood Chemistry Catalysis and Hydrodesulfurization Studies Catalysis for Biomass Conversion

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Clean water and sanitation

Publication Details

Published in: ChemSusChem

Volume 2, Issue 3, pp. 215-217

DOI: 10.1002/cssc.200900033

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