Journal
BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY
Volume 118, Issue -, Pages 648-651Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.05.127
Keywords
4-Ethylphenol; 4-Ethylguaiacol; Lignin; Hydrogenolysis; Biorefineries
Funding
- National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program) [2010CB73220]
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Selective production of 4-ethylphenolics from lignin via mild hydrogenolysis was reported in this short communication. The hydrogenolysis of lignin was carried out in an autoclave with 65 vol.% ethanol/water as solvent, with 5% Ru/C, Pd/C and Pt/C as catalysts. The influences of catalysts, lignin species, and reaction conditions including reaction temperature, reaction time, and initial H-2 pressure on yield of target compounds were investigated. 3.1% 4-Ethylphenol and 1.3% 4-ethylguaiacol based on lignin could be obtained simultaneously from hydrogenolysis of corn stalk lignin, which is approximate to the yield obtained from petrochemical route. The results of this work showed that this novel method is a quite promising technique for the substitution of petrochemical route. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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