Metal-acid nanoplate-supported ultrafine Ru nanoclusters for efficient catalytic fractionation of lignin into aromatic alcohols was written by Ullah, Naseeb;Odda, Atheer Hameid;Liang, Kuang;Kombo, Miza Ali;Sahar, Shafaq;Ma, Liu-Bo;Fang, Xiao-Xiang;Xu, An-Wu. And the article was included in Green Chemistry in 2019.Category: ethers-buliding-blocks This article mentions the following:
The catalytic fractionation of lignin in a native lignocellulose matrix is crucial to the comprehensive achievement of sustainable and green chems. Herein, we prepared a novel metal-acid bifunctional nanocomposite of finely scattered metallic Ru nanoclusters (NCs) sustained on porous hafnium phosphate nanoplates (α-HfP NPs) to effectively depolymerise lignocellulosic biomass. A native lignin fraction of pine lignocellulose was promptly depolymerised into 19.86 wt% yield (lignin based) of valuable phenolic monomers (with dihydroeugenol as the main compound with high selectivity) and few cyclic ketones through one-pot catalytic reductive fractionation under mild conditions (190 °C, 3.5 MPa H2). Detailed scanning and transmission electron microscopy, XPS, and temperature-programmed desorption ammonia investigation correlated with the obtained results revealed that the metal-acid synergistic influence and the presence of Bronsted acid sites in the support for dehydration and the well-dispersed metallic role of Ru NCs for hydrodeoxygenation were responsible for the cleavage of lignin-carbohydrate (ester and ether linkages) bonds. Moreover, treating com. lignin as a substrate in an organic solvent generated 4-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzaldehyde (vanillin) in high yield, as well as other functionalised phenolic monomers up to 85% selectivity, illustrating the high susceptibility of Ru/α-HfP NPs towards C-O bond cleavage through reductive fractionation. Multiple recycling tests of the catalyst were performed without any apparent loss of activity. Overall, this report highlighted the potential of the synthesis strategy of the metal-acid supported catalyst to immediately depolymerise untreated biomass and can thus encourage the green, cost-efficient, large-scale production of intermediate chems. In the experiment, the researchers used many compounds, for example, 3-(3,4-Dimethoxyphenyl)propan-1-ol (cas: 3929-47-3Category: ethers-buliding-blocks).
3-(3,4-Dimethoxyphenyl)propan-1-ol (cas: 3929-47-3) belongs to ethers. Ether is less polar than esters, alcohols or amines because of the oxygen atom that is unable to participate in hydrogen bonding due to the presence of bulky alkyl groups on both sides of the oxygen atom. But ether is more polar than alkenes. Electron-deficient reagents are also stabilized by ethers. For example, borane (BH3) is a useful reagent for making alcohols. Pure borane exists as its dimer, diborane (B2H6), a toxic gas that is inconvenient and hazardous to use. Borane forms stable complexes with ethers, however, and it is often supplied and used as its liquid complex with tetrahydrofuran (THF).Category: ethers-buliding-blocks
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