Water-Assisted Selective Hydrodeoxygenation of Lignin-Derived Guaiacol to Monooxygenates

Ji Sun Yoon, Jae Wook Choi, Dong Jin Suh, Kangtaek Lee, Hyunjoo Lee, Jeong Myeong Ha

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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 languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2669-2674
Number of pages6
JournalChemCatChem
Volume7
Issue number17
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2015 Sept 1

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All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Catalysis
  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Inorganic Chemistry

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