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Catalytic Aerobic Oxidation of Lignocellulose-Derived Levulinic Acid in Aqueous Solution: A Novel Route to Synthesize Dicarboxylic Acids for Bio-Based Polymers
Che, Li,Jiang, Min,Jiang, Yu,Pang, Jifeng,Song, Lei,Wang, Rui,Zhang, Tao,Zhao, Yu,Zheng, Mingyuan,Zhou, Guangyuan,Zhou, Mo
, p. 11588 - 11596 (2021/09/22)
The world is facing grand and ever-increasing pressures on energy and environmental issues. Using carbon-neutral biomass to prepare monomers such as dicarboxylic acids for degradable polymers is of great significance and an urgent but challenging task. Herein, we report a catalytic route for the synthesis of 2-hydroxy-2-methylsuccinic acid, an excellent monomer: e.g., it is able to remarkably enhance the comprehensive properties of polybutylene succinate as shown herein. By catalytic aerobic oxidation of levulinic acid, a bulk platform chemical derived from lignocellulose, the target product was obtained with a very high selectivity of up to ca. 95%. The mild reaction conditions below 100 °C in water and the low-cost reusable heterogeneous catalyst further make the process highly attractive for applications. This process was also found to be effective for the conversion of homologues of levulinic acid to dicarboxylic acids. We studied the C-C bond rearrangement and the roles of catalysts in the reaction that are highly likely involved in a superoxide anion radical mechanism. This study may provide inspiration for the synthesis of bio-based dicarboxylic acids via alternative routes.
Constructing an Acidic Microenvironment by MoS2 in Heterogeneous Fenton Reaction for Pollutant Control
Huang, Kai,Lian, Cheng,Liang, Lihong,Xing, Mingyang,Yan, Qingyun,Yin, Pengcheng,Yu, Haoran,Zhang, Jinlong
supporting information, p. 17155 - 17163 (2021/07/06)
Although Fenton or Fenton-like reactions have been widely used in the environment, biology, life science, and other fields, the sharp decrease in their activity under macroneutral conditions is still a large problem. This study reports a MoS2 cocatalytic heterogeneous Fenton (CoFe2O4/MoS2) system capable of sustainably degrading organic pollutants, such as phenol, in a macroneutral buffer solution. An acidic microenvironment in the slipping plane of CoFe2O4 is successfully constructed by chemically bonding with MoS2. This microenvironment is not affected by the surrounding pH, which ensures the stable circulation of Fe3+/Fe2+ on the surface of CoFe2O4/MoS2 under neutral or even alkaline conditions. Additionally, CoFe2O4/MoS2 always exposes “fresh” active sites for the decomposition of H2O2 and the generation of 1O2, effectively inhibiting the production of iron sludge and enhancing the remediation of organic pollutants, even in actual wastewater. This work not only experimentally verifies the existence of an acidic microenvironment on the surface of heterogeneous catalysts for the first time, but also eliminates the pH limitation of the Fenton reaction for pollutant remediation, thereby expanding the applicability of Fenton technology.
Lignin-fueled photoelectrochemical platform for light-driven redox biotransformation
Boonmongkolras, Passarut,Choi, Eun-Gyu,Han, Seunghyun,Kim, Jinhyun,Kim, Kayoung,Kim, Yong Hwan,Lee, Sahng Ha,Lee, Yang Woo,Park, Chan Beum,Shin, Byungha,Trang, Nguyen Vu Thien,Wang, Ding
supporting information, p. 5151 - 5160 (2020/08/25)
The valorization of lignin has significant potential in producing commodity chemicals and fuels from renewable resources. However, the catalytic degradation of lignin is kinetically challenging and often requires noble metal catalysts to be used under harsh and toxic conditions. Here, we report the bias-free, solar reformation of lignin coupled with redox biotransformation in a tandem structure of a BiVO4 photoanode and perovskite photovoltaic. The tandem structure compensates for the potential gap between lignin oxidation and biocatalytic reduction through artificial Z-schematic absorption. We found that the BiVO4-catalyzed photoelectrochemical oxidation of lignin facilitated the fragmentation of higher molecular weight lignin into smaller carboxylated aliphatic and aromatic acids. Lignin oxidation induced photocurrent generation at the photoanode, which enabled efficient electroenzymatic reactions at the cathode. This study successfully demonstrates the oxidative valorization of lignin as well as biocatalytic reductions (e.g., CO2-to-formate and α-ketoglutarate-to-l-glutamate) in an unbiased biocatalytic PEC platform, which provides a new strategic approach for photo-biocatalysis using naturally abundant renewable resources.