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

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

doi:10.1038/ncomms16104

Nature Communications (Jul 2017)

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

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

Affiliations

Yi Shao: Shanghai Key Laboratory of Functional Materials Chemistry, Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology
Qineng Xia: Shanghai Key Laboratory of Functional Materials Chemistry, Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology
Lin Dong: Shanghai Key Laboratory of Functional Materials Chemistry, Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology
Xiaohui Liu: Shanghai Key Laboratory of Functional Materials Chemistry, Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology
Xue Han: School of Chemistry, University of Manchester
Stewart F. Parker: ISIS Facility, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Yongqiang Cheng: The Chemical and Engineering Materials Division (CEMD), Neutron Sciences Directorate, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Luke L. Daemen: The Chemical and Engineering Materials Division (CEMD), Neutron Sciences Directorate, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Anibal J. Ramirez-Cuesta: The Chemical and Engineering Materials Division (CEMD), Neutron Sciences Directorate, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Sihai Yang: School of Chemistry, University of Manchester
Yanqin Wang: Shanghai Key Laboratory of Functional Materials Chemistry, Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms16104
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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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.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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