Water‐Assisted Selective Hydrodeoxygenation of Lignin‐Derived Guaiacol to Monooxygenates. Issue 17 (4th August 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Yoon, Ji Sun; Choi, Jae‐Wook; Suh, Dong Jin; Lee, Kangtaek; Lee, Hyunjoo; Ha, Jeong‐Myeong
• Is Part Of: ChemCatChem. Volume 7:Issue 17(2015:Sep.)
• Page Start: 2669
• Page End: 2674
• Publication Date: 2015-08-04
• Subjects: Catalysis -- Periodicals; 541.39505
• DOI: 10.1002/cctc.201500345
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1867-3880

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main" xml:lang="en"> <title>Abstract</title> <p>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 <italic>n</italic>‐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.</p> </abstract>