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Selective Conversion of Biorefinery Lignin into Dicarboxylic Acids
Author(s) -
Ma Ruoshui,
Guo Mond,
Zhang Xiao
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
chemsuschem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.412
H-Index - 157
eISSN - 1864-564X
pISSN - 1864-5631
DOI - 10.1002/cssc.201300964
Subject(s) - biorefinery , lignin , biomass (ecology) , chemistry , organic chemistry , environmentally friendly , biofuel , pulp and paper industry , waste management , raw material , engineering , ecology , oceanography , biology , geology
The emerging biomass‐to‐biofuel conversion industry has created an urgent need for identifying new applications for biorefinery lignin. This paper demonstrates a new route to producing dicarboxylic acids from biorefinery lignin through chalcopyrite‐catalyzed oxidation in a highly selective process. Up to 95 % selectivity towards stable dicarboxylic acids was obtained for several types of biorefinery lignin and model compounds under mild, environmentally friendly reaction conditions. The findings from this study paved a new avenue to biorefinery lignin conversions and applications.