scholarly journals Recent Development in Chemical Depolymerization of Lignin: A Review

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hai Wang ◽  
Melvin Tucker ◽  
Yun Ji

This article reviewed recent development of chemical depolymerization of lignins. There were five types of treatment discussed, including base-catalyzed, acid-catalyzed, metallic catalyzed, ionic liquids-assisted, and supercritical fluids-assisted lignin depolymerizations. The methods employed in this research were described, and the important results were marked. Generally, base-catalyzed and acid-catalyzed methods were straightforward, but the selectivity was low. The severe reaction conditions (high pressure, high temperature, and extreme pH) resulted in requirement of specially designed reactors, which led to high costs of facility and handling. Ionic liquids, and supercritical fluids-assisted lignin depolymerizations had high selectivity, but the high costs of ionic liquids recycling and supercritical fluid facility limited their applications on commercial scale biomass treatment. Metallic catalyzed depolymerization had great advantages because of its high selectivity to certain monomeric compounds and much milder reaction condition than base-catalyzed or acid-catalyzed depolymerizations. It would be a great contribution to lignin conversion if appropriate catalysts were synthesized.

1976 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 277-278 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Tiltscher ◽  
R. Lohmüller

A kinetic study was made of the primary step of the alkylation of benzene with propylene and ferric chloride as catalyst under homogeneous reaction conditions at several pressures up to 2 kbar. Initial reaction rate of cumene formation shows a minimum in the medium pressure range, thus indicating that product formation occurs via two different reaction paths with opposite pressure dependence.


1999 ◽  
Vol 121 (46) ◽  
pp. 10711-10718 ◽  
Author(s):  
William K. Gray ◽  
Fiona R. Smail ◽  
Martin G. Hitzler ◽  
Stephen K. Ross ◽  
Martyn Poliakoff


2015 ◽  
Vol 205 ◽  
pp. 54-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marion Louvel ◽  
Amélie Bordage ◽  
Cécile Da Silva-Cadoux ◽  
Denis Testemale ◽  
Eric Lahera ◽  
...  

2003 ◽  
Vol 57 (10) ◽  
pp. 1300-1303 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuri E. Gorbaty ◽  
Galina V. Bondarenko ◽  
Eleni Venardou ◽  
Eduardo Garcia-Verdugo ◽  
Maia Sokolova ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Taotao Hao ◽  
Yongsheng Yang ◽  
Wenting Liang ◽  
Chunying Fan ◽  
Xin Wang ◽  
...  

Stilbene derivatives are long known to undergo “acid-catalyzed” Z→E isomerization, where a strong mineral acid in high concentrations is practically demanded. Such severe reaction conditions often cause undesired by-reactions and...


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