Palladium and carbon synergistically catalyzed room-temperature hydrodeoxygenation (HDO) of vanillyl alcohol – A typical lignin model molecule

• Main Authors: Wang, Qi, Gupta, Neeraj, Wen, Guodong, Hamid, Sharifah Bee Abd, Su, Dang Sheng
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier 2017
• Subjects: Q Science (General); QD Chemistry; T Technology (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/22821/; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jechem.2016.09.005

Vanillyl alcohol, which is made up of an aromatic ring, an alcoholic hydroxyl group, a phenolic hydroxyl group and a methoxy group, was selected as the model molecule of lignin. Various carbon materials supported Pd catalysts were chosen to catalyze the HDO of vanillyl alcohol. The catalysts were ch...