Selective Hydrodeoxygenation of Lignin‐Derived Phenolic Monomers and Dimers to Cycloalkanes on Pd/C and HZSM‐5 Catalysts

Abstract

Suffocating phenols: A catalyst system consisting of Pd/C and HZSM-5 shows an extremely high selectivity in removing oxygen-containing groups (hydroxyl, methoxy, ketone, alkylOaryl, and arylOaryl) in lignin-derived substituted phenolic monomers and dimers through a metal-acid catalyzed cascade cleavage of CO bonds in phenolic dimers and the integrated hydrogenation and dehydration reactions in water at 473 K. Detailed facts of importance to specialist readers are published as ”Supporting Information”. Such documents are peer-reviewed, but not copy-edited or typeset. They are made available as submitted by the authors. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.