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Selective hydrogenation of lignin-derived compounds under mild conditions
Chen, Lu,Van Muyden, Antoine P.,Cui, Xinjiang,Laurenczy, Gabor,Dyson, Paul J.
, p. 3069 - 3073 (2020)
A key challenge in the production of lignin-derived chemicals is to reduce the energy intensive processes used in their production. Here, we show that well-defined Rh nanoparticles dispersed in sub-micrometer size carbon hollow spheres, are able to hydrogenate lignin derived products under mild conditions (30 °C, 5 bar H2), in water. The optimum catalyst exhibits excellent selectivity and activity in the conversion of phenol to cyclohexanol and other related substrates including aryl ethers.
