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Decomposition of a phenolic lignin model compound over organic N-bases in an ionic liquid

  • Songyan Jia , Blair J. Cox , Xinwen Guo , Z. Conrad Zhang and John G. Ekerdt
Published/Copyright: June 30, 2010
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Holzforschung
From the journal Volume 64 Issue 5

Abstract

Lignin depolymerization is a necessary process step in utilizing the carbohydrates in biomass and in potentially converting the lignin into a chemical feedstock. Lignin contains several aryl-alkyl ether linkages and the β-O-4 linkage is dominant among lignins. Base-mediated cleavage of the β-O-4 bond in a lignin model compound, guaiacylglycerol-β-guaiacyl ether, is reported. Ionic liquids have shown promise in a variety of biomass processes and this study explores the potential to use an ionic liquid solvent (1-butyl-2,3-dimethylimidazolium chloride) and non-aqueous bases in cleaving the β-O-4 bond. N-bases of varying basicity and structure were used at temperatures up to 150°C. The cleavage reaction was not found to be catalytic. Among all the tested N-bases, 1,5,7-triazabicyclo[4.4.0]dec-5-ene was the most active, leading to more than 40% β-O-4 ether bond cleavage, and the higher activity is probably associated with the exposed nature of the N-atoms.


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Received: 2010-1-12
Accepted: 2010-3-16
Published Online: 2010-06-30
Published Online: 2010-06-30
Published in Print: 2010-08-01

©2010 by Walter de Gruyter Berlin New York

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