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Efficient cobalt-catalyzed oxidative conversion of lignin models to benzoquinones
Biannic, Berenger,Bozell, Joseph J.
, p. 2730 - 2733 (2013/07/26)
Phenolic lignin model monomers and dimers representing the primary substructural units of lignin were successfully oxidized to benzoquinones in high yield with molecular oxygen using new Co-Schiff base catalysts bearing a bulky heterocyclic nitrogen base as a substituent. This is the first example of a catalytic system able to convert both S and G lignin model phenols in high yield, a process necessary for effective use of lignin as a chemical feedstock.