The rise of lignin biorefinery

E Paone, T Tabanelli, F Mauriello - Current Opinion in Green and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Lignocellulosic biomass, ranging from softwood to agriculture and forestry wastes,
represents the most abundant resource for modern biorefinery. In the course of the last …

Selective C–C and C–O bond cleavage strategies for the thermochemical upgrading of (hemi) cellulosic biomass

R Sun, C Yang, Z Fang, N Zhu, M Zheng, K Guo… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2024 - Elsevier
Utilizing lignocellulose as an alternative green carbon resource is recognized as a vital
approach to drive the ongoing transition towards a sustainable manufacture of chemicals …

Raney Ni as a versatile catalyst for biomass conversion

Z Sun, ZH Zhang, TQ Yuan, X Ren, Z Rong - ACS Catalysis, 2021 - ACS Publications
Raney Ni is a class of fine-grained heterogeneous catalysts composed mostly of nickel that
is widely applied in organic synthesis and a large number of industry processes. In the past …

Benzenoid Aromatics from Renewable Resources

S Zheng, Z Zhang, S He, H Yang, H Atia… - Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
In this Review, all known chemical methods for the conversion of renewable resources into
benzenoid aromatics are summarized. The raw materials that were taken into consideration …

Progress in the solvent depolymerization of lignin

V Patil, S Adhikari, P Cross, H Jahromi - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2020 - Elsevier
Solvent liquefaction of lignin is a simultaneous depolymerization and hydrodeoxygenation
process used to generate monomer products for fuel and specialty chemical applications …

Catalytic routes for the conversion of lignocellulosic biomass to aviation fuel range hydrocarbons

H Wang, B Yang, Q Zhang, W Zhu - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2020 - Elsevier
The catalytic conversion of lignocellulosic biomass to aviation fuel is identified as a key
strategy to alleviate high operating costs and serious environmental pollution caused by …

Catalytic lignocellulose biorefining in n-butanol/water: a one-pot approach toward phenolics, polyols, and cellulose

T Renders, E Cooreman, S Van den Bosch… - Green …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Lignocellulose constitutes an alluring renewable feedstock for the production of bio-based
chemicals. In this contribution, we propose a chemocatalytic biorefinery concept that aims to …

Hydrodeoxygenation of guaiacol to phenol using endogenous hydrogen induced by chemo-splitting of water over a versatile nano-porous Ni catalyst

X Ren, Z Sun, J Lu, J Cheng, P Zhou, X Yu, Z Rong… - Green …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
In this work, an innovative route for upgrading biomass-derived phenolic monomers by
“hydrogen-free” hydrodeoxygenation (HDO) was proposed and evaluated. The HDO …

From wood to tetrahydro-2-benzazepines in three waste-free steps: modular synthesis of biologically active lignin-derived scaffolds

S Elangovan, A Afanasenko, J Haupenthal… - ACS central …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Inherently complex, lignin-derived aromatic monomers comprising valuable structural
moieties present in many pharmaceuticals would serve as ideal substrates for the …

Improved value and carbon footprint by complete utilization of corncob lignocellulose

B Pang, Z Sun, L Wang, WJ Chen, Q Sun… - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
Lignocellulose, as the most abundant type of inedible biomass, is considered as a promising
renewable feedstock for making fuels, chemicals, and materials. However, its complex …