Abstract
Water, which frequently inhibits organic reactions, improves the hydrodeoxygenation activity of lignin-derived guaiacol on a bifunctional catalyst of Rh/SiO2-Al2O3 in a biphasic mixture of n-decane and water. The unique properties of subcritical water appear to promote hydrodeoxygenation, which improves the production of monooxygenates by removing more oxygen atoms of guaiacol while suppressing the formation of fully deoxygenated hydrocarbons because of the poor solubility of hydrophobic monooxygenates.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 2669-2674 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | ChemCatChem |
Volume | 7 |
Issue number | 17 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2015 Sept 1 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2015 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Catalysis
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
- Organic Chemistry
- Inorganic Chemistry