22317-29-9Relevant articles and documents
Iridium-catalysed primary alcohol oxidation and hydrogen shuttling for the depolymerisation of lignin
Lancefield, Christopher S.,Teunissen, Lucas W.,Weckhuysen, Bert M.,Bruijnincx, Pieter C. A.
, p. 3214 - 3221 (2018/07/31)
Lignin is a potentially abundant renewable resource for the production of aromatic chemicals, however its selective depolymerisation is challenging. Here, we report a new catalytic system for the depolymerisation of lignin to novel, non-phenolic monoaromatic products based on the selective β-O-4 primary alcohol dehydrogenation with a Cp?Ir-bipyridonate catalyst complex under basic conditions. We show that this system is capable of promoting the depolymerisation of model compounds and isolated lignins via a sequence of selective primary alcohol dehydrogenation, retro-aldol (Cα-Cβ) bond cleavage and in situ stabilisation of the aldehyde products by transfer (de)hydrogenation to alcohols and carboxylic acids. This method was found to give good to excellent yields of cleavage products with both etherified and free-phenolic lignin model compounds and could be applied to real lignin to generate a range of novel non-phenolic monomers including diols and di-acids. We additionally show, by using the same catalyst in a convergent, one-pot procedure, that these products can be selectively channelled towards a single di-acid product, giving much simpler product mixtures as a result.
The incorporation of 3,4-dichloroaniline, a pesticide metabolite, into dehydrogenation polymers of coniferyl alcohol (DHPs)
Brunow, Goesta,Raiskila, Sanni,Sipilae, Jussi
, p. 1338 - 1342 (2007/10/03)
A mechanism by which pesticide metabolites may become incorporated into plant lignins has been studied with the aid of 3,4-dichloroaniline (DCA) and lignin model compounds. DCA was found to react rapidly with a quinone methide representing an intermediate in lignin biosynthesis. The resulting benzylamine group was stable to mild acidolysis under simulated stomach conditions. Addition of DCA to dehydrogenative polymerizations of coniferyl alcohol yielded DHPs containing covalently bonded DCA. NMR spectroscopy showed that the DCA had become bonded to the benzylic position in arylglycerol-β-guaiacyl ether structures. The majority of these structures were phenolic. This observation and the fact that the DCA accumulates in the low molecular weight fraction of the DHP indicates that the DCA functions as a trap for quinone methides and stops the further growth of the polymer. Acta Chemica Scandinavica 1998.
Singlet oxygen in the photodegradation of lignin models
Crestini, Claudia,D'Auria, Maurizio
, p. 7877 - 7888 (2007/10/03)
The photochemical oxidation of lignin models in the presence of singlet oxygen was studied. The treatment of the non-phenolic β-O-4 aryl ether derivatives 6, 7, and 8 in the presence of both oxygen and Rose Bengal gave products deriving from a formal β-C-O cleavage formation. By this way. the derivatives 12, 13, and 15 were obtained. The photochemical oxidation of the phenolic β-O-4 aryl ether 9 gave the same type of product confirming that, in this case, the presence of the carbonyl group is not indispensable to have the cleavage reaction. The use of the model compound 10 showed that, when the phenoxy part of the molecule shows a lower reactivity towards singlet oxygen, the oxidation of the phenol moiety to hydroquinone call occur. The photochemical behaviour of these model compounds can be rationalised from a reaction of singlet oxygen with the phenoxy part of the molecule.
Electroorganic Reactions. 38. Mechanism of Electrooxidative Cleavage of Lignin Model Dimers
Pardini, Vera L.,Smith, Carmen Z.,Utley, James H. P.,Vargas, Reinaldo R.,Viertler, Hans
, p. 7305 - 7313 (2007/10/02)
The mechanisms for oxidative cleavage of several phenolic ethers, models for lignins, have been investigated by a detailed comparison of the results of anodic oxidation at nickel anodes in alkaline electrolyte with that of oxidation in acetonitrile in the presence of a triarylamine redox catalyst.The latter reaction is unambiguously initiated by single-electron transfer (SET), and in this case the major product of cleavage is aldehyde (vanillin or syringaldehyde derivatives).At nickel anodes polymerization is predominant although the aldehydes are formed together with larger amounts of the corresponding carboxylic acids.Combinations of 4-hydroxyl, α-keto, β-O-aryl, and β-hydroxymethyl functionality are shown to be crucial for the oxidation at nickel; the carboxylic acid formation probably involves a route with initial hydrogen atom abstraction at the surface.Important chemical conversions precede and accompany oxidation in alkaline media, and these are associated with the propensity for polymerization.
