Development of a Ni-promoted, selective electrochemical reductive cleavage of the C–O bond in lignin model compound benzyl phenyl ether

Fang Lin, Ho-Yin TSE, Hanno C. Erythropel, Predrag V. Petrović, Mahlet Garedew, Jinshan Chen, Jason Chun‐Ho Lam, Paul T. Anastas

Green Chemistry · 2022 · 40 citations · 49 references

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Ni-promoted, highly selective electrochemical protocol to reductively cleave the benzylic C–O bond of the α-O-4 lignin model compound benzyl phenyl ether (BPE) at room temperature and ambient pressure.

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