Selective production of arenes via direct lignin upgrading over a niobium-based catalyst

Selective production of arenes via direct lignin upgrading over a niobium-based catalyst

Lignin is cheap and abundant, and potentially a major source of aromatic compounds. Here the authors show selective production of arenes via hydrodeoxygenation of lignin over Ru/Nb2O5, and mechanistically show the strong influence of the Nb2O5support on phenolic bond dissociation energies.

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Main Authors: Yi Shao, Qineng Xia, Lin Dong, Xiaohui Liu, Xue Han, Stewart F. Parker, Yongqiang Cheng, Luke L. Daemen, Anibal J. Ramirez-Cuesta, Sihai Yang, Yanqin Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-07-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms16104

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