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The effect of lignin-biopolymer structure on the mechanism of its oxidative depolymerization by polyoxometalates (POMs) was investigated by reacting an equilibrated POM ensemble with a series of ring-substituted benzyl alcohols. Under anaerobic conditions in mixed water/methanol, observed pseudo-first order reaction rates (150°C) of 8.96 × 10 −3  and 4.89 × 10 −3  sec −1  were obtained for oxidations of 1-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl) ethanol ( 1 ) and 1-(3,4,5-trimethoxyphenyl)ethanol ( 2 ), respectively. Organic products from the oxidation of  2  (95% recovery) indicate the reaction proceeds via successive oxidations of the benzylic carbon atom; aromatic-ring cleavage was not observed. A primary kinetic-isotope effect of 1.6 and 1.7 was observed for the reactions of  1  and  2  deuterated at the benzylic-carbon atoms. This combined with the relatively large activation energies, indicate that C-H bond breaking (either H-atom or proton-coupled electron transfer) occurs late along the reaction coordinate of the rate-determining step. Replacing the 4-CH 3 O-group in 2 by CH 3 CH 2 O- to give 1-(4-ethoxy-3,5-dimethoxyphenyl)ethanol ( 3 ), had a substantial effect on the temperature dependence of the observed reaction rate, suggestive of a possible change in mechanism.

Polyoxometalate oxidation of non-phenolic lignin subunits in water: Effect of substrate structure on reaction kinetics