Copper‐ and Vanadium‐Catalyzed Oxidative Cleavage of Lignin using Dioxygen
- 26 May 2015
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in ChemSusChem
- Vol. 8 (12), 2106-2113
- https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.201500131
Abstract
Transition‐metal‐containing hydrotalcites (HTc) and V(acac)3/Cu(NO3)2⋅3 H2O (acac=acetylacetonate) mixtures were tested for their catalytic activity in the cleavage of the lignin model compound erythro‐1‐(3,4‐dimethoxyphenyl)‐2‐(2‐methoxyphenoxy)‐l,3‐propanediol (1) with molecular oxygen as oxidant. Both catalytic systems displayed high activity and good selectivity and afforded veratric acid as the main product. The catalyst behavior was studied by EPR spectroscopy, XRD, and Raman spectroscopy. After the catalysts were established for the model system, lignin depolymerization studies were performed with various organsolv and kraft lignin sources. The oxidative depolymerization and lignin bond cleavage were monitored by gel permeation chromatography (GPC), MALDI MS, and 2D‐NMR (HSQC). Irrespective of the lignin pretreatment, both HTc‐Cu‐V and V(acac)3/Cu(NO3)2⋅3 H2O were able to cleave the β‐O‐4 linkages and the resinol structures to form dimeric and trimeric products.This publication has 99 references indexed in Scilit:
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