Catalytic Lignin Depolymerization to Aromatic Chemicals
Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics · Chinese Academy of Sciences · +1 more institution
Abstract
ConspectusIn recent decades, research on lignin depolymerization and its downstream product transformation has drawn an enormous amount of attention from academia to industry worldwide, aiming at harvesting aromatic compounds from this abundant and renewable biomass resource. Although the lignin conversion can be traced back to the 1930s and various noncatalytic and catalytic methods have been explored to depolymerize lignin via direct lignin conversion research or lignin models conversion studies, the complexity of the lignin structure, various linkages, the high stability of lignin bonds, and the diverse fragments condensation process make lignin depolymerization to monomers a highly challenging task. For…
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2Topics & keywords
- Lignin
- Depolymerization
- Chemistry
- Catalysis
- Hydrogenolysis
- Organic chemistry
- Biorefining
- Biorefinery