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Selective Deoxygenation of Lignin-Derived Phenols and Dimeric Ethers with Protic Ionic Liquids
journal contribution
posted on 2020-03-09, 19:43 authored by Shaoqi Yang, Guangming Cai, Xingmei Lu, Chenguang Wang, Mi Feng, Junli Xu, Qing Zhou, Jiayu Xin, Longlong MaHydrodeoxygenation (HDO) of lignin-derived
phenols and dimeric
ethers to biofuels has great significance for advanced utilization
of renewable lignocelluloses and the future biobased economy. Herein,
we find that the deoxygenation process during the lignin-derived model
compound HDO process could efficiently be catalyzed by low-cost protic
ionic liquids under mild conditions. 2-Hydroxy-N-(2-hydroxyethyl)-N-methylethanaminium trifluoromethanesulfonate ([BHEM]CF3SO3) shows the highest catalytic activity for the
deoxygenation reaction during the lignin-derived compound HDO process
with Rh/C as the hydrogenation catalyst. The conversion of phenol
is 100% under 4 MPa H2 at 130 °C for 6 h, and the
yield of cyclohexane is 93.3%. Furthermore, the catalytic system with
[BHEM]CF3SO3 as the deoxygenation catalyst and
Rh/C as the hydrogenation catalyst demonstrates efficient catalytic
activity for various lignin-derived phenols and dimeric ethers with
≥99.0% conversion and >90.0% selectivity. The catalytic
system
is reused five times for HDO of phenol to test its stability.